Oil on Fire - Hervé Bazin - EO Superb Moroccan Binding 1954

• Hervé Bazin, the "Novelist of the Family and also of the Bourgeoisie"

"A craftsman of writing, but a gifted craftsman, Hervé Bazin leaves behind books that are a reflection of our time. A reflection sometimes - often - grating, critical, and embellished with brilliant passages by a stylist who was recognized from the moment he entered the world of literature."

Who defined the writer's profession as follows: "A noble term whose first syllable is beautifully conjunctive, whose second is in accordance with the Sartrean definition (one writes to alert), but whose last does much harm to the preceding ones."

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https://www.liberation.fr/culture/1996/02/19/herve-bazin-le-fils-de-folcoche-est-mort_162550/

• A portrait of an arsonist, "L'Huile sur le feu" (Oil on the Fire) is one of the most beautiful and moving novels by the great writer Hervé Bazin.

"In a small French village during the interwar period, a pyromaniac is on the loose. A courageous man, a volunteer firefighter, stands up against the fire he propagates. This hero, so appreciated by his peers, experiences a daily hell within his own family. Having suffered severe burns during the war, he must endure the hateful coldness of his wife, who is disgusted by his appearance and does everything to drive him mad. But he refuses to leave her and endures her wrath day after day. He fights against the fire, fights against his wife, fights against himself. His only support, his daughter, is at the center of this tragedy and reveals its plot to us."

Condition

Very beautiful work

• spine slightly sunned
• minimal rubbing on the spine

• Interior fresh