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Title: Clochemerle
Author: Gabriel Chevallier (Translation Jocelyn Godefroi)
Publisher: Penguin Books Publication Date: c1952 Format: Softback
Condition: Orange and white covers which have some light scuffing to spine edges and are slightly shelf worn. Pages are clean and mark free, tanned slightly due to age.
Book measures: 18cm x 11cm with 320 pages
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his 1952 Penguin “orange-stripe” edition features the definitive English translation by Jocelyn Godefroi. Set in the heart of the Beaujolais wine region, Gabriel Chevallier’s satirical masterpiece centers on the fictional village of Clochemerle-en-Beaujolais. When Mayor Barthélemy Piéchut proposes a public urinal near the parish church, he inadvertently ignites a riotous social war between secular Republicans and devout Catholics. This brilliant mid-century farce expertly lampoons political vanity, religious hypocrisy, and the absurdities of provincial French life. A landmark of 20th-century European humor, this vintage paperback remains a quintessential study of small-town tradition clashing with modern progress, perfectly capturing the wit and vibrant characterizations that made Chevallier an international success.
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