L'Europe buissonnière

1949 novel by Antoine Blondin
L'Europe buissonnière
AuthorAntoine Blondin
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions Jean Froissart
Publication date
1949
Publication placeFrance
Pages391

L'Europe buissonnière is a 1949 novel by the French writer Antoine Blondin. It is based on Blondin's experiences as an STO worker at a rubber plant in Austria in 1943 and 1944. It depicts Europe during World War II in a comical fashion reminiscent of Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Journey to the End of the Night.[1]

It was Blondin's debut novel and received the Prix des Deux Magots.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hughes, Alexandra; Hughes, Alex; Reader, Keith A.; Reader, Keith (11 March 2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture. Routledge. p. 288. ISBN 0-203-00330-6.
  2. ^ "Les lauréats du prix Les Deux Magots" (in French). Retrieved 2016-01-23.
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  • Darling Caroline (1947)
  • L'Europe buissonnière (1949)
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