Le Chemin des écoliers (novel)

Le Chemin des écoliers (1946), literally "The Way of the Schoolboys," but translated as The Transient Hour, is a novel by French writer Marcel Aymé that takes place during the German occupation of Paris.

Composition

The book was probably written during 1945; the manuscript is dated 1946 and the first version appeared as a serial in La Bataille from 31 January 16 June 1946. A revised and expanded version was published in book form by Gallimard in May 1946.[1]

Plot introduction

Pierre Michaud is a tender, scrupulous man, who clings to outdated conceptions of the world. His sons, Frédéric and Antoine, unwittingly teach him how to live again by forcing him to accept more current notions of reality. The novel presents a wide range of characters whose behaviors range from refusal to compromise with the occupier to total collaboration with the Germans. As their father becomes increasingly more corrupt, Frédéric and Antoine distribute anti-Nazi leaflets and profit from the black market.[1][2]

English translation

Le Chemin des écoliers has been translated into English as The Transient Hour by Eric Sutton for the Bodley Head in 1948.[2]

Film adaptation

The book was filmed in 1959 by Michel Boisrond.

References
  1. "Marcel Aymé Le Chemin des écoliers". www.marcelayme.net. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  2. Aymé, Marcel (1948). The Transient Hour. Translated by Sutton, Eric. London: Bodley Head.


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