by Louis Pergaud · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070367580
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«La Guerre des boutons» is the novel by Louis Pergaud, published by Gallimard in paperback (288 pages, in French).
The novel recounts the battles between two gangs of children from the neighboring villages of Longeverne and Velrans. Prisoners are stripped of buttons, laces and other accessories, a humiliation that leaves them practically naked. With a humorous tone, the work portrays childhood rivalry, loyalty among friends and French rural life at the beginning of the 20th century.
Work originally published in 1912; this French edition from Gallimard dates from 1972 and belongs to the Folio collection.
For readers of French classics and for a young and adult audience that enjoys stories of humor and childhood adventures.
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.
