by Louis Pergaud · Editions Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070514151
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«La Guerre des boutons» is the children's and young adult novel by Louis Pergaud, in paperback (330 pages, in French).
Two gangs of boys from two neighboring villages wage an unrelenting war: they set ambushes, prepare traps and fight pitched battles; the victors cut the buttons off the prisoners' clothes as trophies. With humor, the novel portrays the rivalry, pride and code of honor of rural childhood.
The work was originally published in 1912; this edition belongs to the Folio Junior collection.
Aimed at young readers and at those seeking a classic novel of adventure and childhood humor.
Louis Pergaud was a French novelist, war poet, and soldier, whose principal works were known as "Animal Stories" due to his featuring animals of the Franche-Comté in lead roles. His most notable work was the novel La Guerre des boutons (1912). It has been reprinted more than 30 times, and is included on the French high-school curriculum.
