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325,000 Francs by Roger Vailland (Paperback, 1989)

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325,000 Francs is a story of ambition and failure. Bernard Busard loves Marie-Jeanne Lemercier, but she will marry him only if he finds something better than his dead-end job at the plastics factory and takes her away from the small town where they live in Eastern France. To win her, he gives up his ambition to become a professional racing cyclist, signs a contract to take over a snack-bar on the N7, and, to pay off the balance on the deposit - 325,000 francs - works twelve hours a day for six months at a machine making plastic toys. The novel is remarkable for its dramatic construction, vivid characterisation and clear, economical style. Psychological interest centres on the relationship between Bernard and Marie-Jeanne, but they are also shown in their social setting, and the presence of an observer-narrator involves the reader in a challenging way, while leaving open the interpretation of a novel which, in Vailland's words has, 'toutes les faces possibles de la realite'. David Nott's edition includes a chronology of Vailland's life and works; an introduction which examines the development of Vailland's ideas, the origins and structure of 325,000 Francs , and its presentation of social and personal relationships; a bibliography; and notes to the text, explaining references and difficult words and phrases.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415017107
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95591968

Product Key Features

Subject Area
Language Study
Author
Roger Vailland
Publication Name
325000 Francs
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1989
Type
Study Guide
Number of Pages
224 Pages

Dimensions

Item Weight
249g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Roger Vailland
Series Title
Twentieth Century Texts
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Editor
David Nott

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