by Marcel Pagnol · Editions de Fallois · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782877065078
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«La Gloire de mon père» is the first volume of Marcel Pagnol's childhood memoirs (Editions de Fallois, paperback, 240 pages, in French).
The book recalls Marcel Pagnol's childhood in Marseille and his summers in rural Provence, with the family at its center: Joseph, the schoolteacher father, Augustine, the shy mother, Uncle Jules, Aunt Rose and little brother Paul. It includes the famous scene of the first partridge hunt, which became a classic of school dictations.
The book belongs to the series «Souvenirs d'enfance», of which it is number 1; the work was originally published in 1957 and this edition is from 2004.
Students of French looking for a classroom text and readers interested in memoirs and French literature.
Marcel Paul Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Pagnol is generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th-century writers and is notable for his mastery of multiple literary genres —memoir, novel, theatre and film.
