by Gabriel Chevallier · Barcelona : Plaza & Janés, 1978 · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401370106
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«Clochemerle» is the satirical novel by Gabriel Chevallier published by Plaza & Janés in hardcover (395 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place in Clochemerle, a village in the French region of Beaujolais, where the decision to install a public urinal in the square unleashes a conflict among the residents. With irony, the novel portrays the reactions of the authorities, the clergy and the inhabitants, turning local feuds, customs and rural politics into a satirical comedy about French society.
The «Clochemerle» series begins with this novel. The translation from French is by Salvador Marsal. The original work was published in 1934.
For readers who enjoy social satire and classic twentieth-century French humor.
Gabriel Chevallier was a French novelist widely known as the author of the satire Clochemerle. He is also known for Fear, a novel about the World War I.
