by Anatole France · Le Livre De Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253010791
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«Les dieux ont soif» is the historical novel by Anatole France, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback format (in French).
The novel is set in Paris during the French Revolution and follows the trajectory of Évariste Gamelin, a young idealist painter who, after joining a revolutionary tribunal, becomes corrupted and ruthless. Anatole France turns his downfall into a critique of extremism and a reflection on the moral fragility of idealism.
Work originally published in 1912. This edition, from 1968, is no. 833 of the Le Livre de Poche collection.
It is ideal for those interested in the French Revolution and in the work of Anatole France, Nobel Prize in Literature.
Anatole France was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie Française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament".
