by Alphonse Boudard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253042952
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«La fermeture» is the historical essay by Alphonse Boudard published by Librairie Générale Française in paperback (410 pages, in French).
The book starts from April 13, 1946, the date that marked the end of brothels in France, to trace the history of organized prostitution from the Stone Age to the Third Republic. Boudard portrays famous and sordid brothels, the network of pimps, prostitutes and police, and the role of Marthe Richard in the abolitionist campaign.
The reprint of the original Robert Laffont edition (1986) was published in Paris in 1987, in the Le Livre de Poche collection, number 6380.
For those interested in French social history and chronicles of customs.
Alphonse Boudard was a French novelist and playwright. He won the 1977 Prix Renaudot for Les Combattants du petit bonheur. Boudard's 1995 novel Dying childhood was awarded and recognised by the French Academy with a Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française.
