The Man Who Walked through Walls (Pushkin Collection)

Marcel Aymé

ISBN 10: 1906548641 / ISBN 13: 9781906548643

Published by Pushkin Press August 2012, 2012

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Very lightly used copy. Brown wraps with French flaps.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Man Who Walked through Walls (Pushkin Collection)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press August 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906548641
• ISBN 13: 9781906548643
• Binding: Paper Back
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction & Literature

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Synopsis

Monsieur Dutilleul has always been able to walk through walls but has never bothered using his gift, given the general availability of doors. One day, however, his bullying boss drives him to desperate measures, and he develops a taste for intramural travel... The titular tale sets the tone for this collection of ten stories from the great French humourist, novelist and children's writer Marcel Aymé. Elements of science-fiction and fantasy are present throughout this volume, written under Nazi occupation during the Second World War, which pokes fun at the occupiers and occupied alike.

Set in Paris's Montmartre district, these stories have spawned a number of films, including Jean Boyer's 1951 classic Garou Garou, le passe-muraille and Yvan Attal's Les Sabines starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, as well as a musical, Amour, which won the Prix Molière in France before an English version conquered Broadway. Today in Montmartre a sculpture of The Man Who Walked through Walls, created by the legendary actor Jean Marais, can be found in the Place Marcel Aymé, paying tribute to the great author and his work.

About the Author

Marcel Aymé was born in Joigny, France in 1902. Following his studies at the Collège de Dole he moved to Paris and worked, most notably, as a journalist. Aymé was able to dedicate himself entirely to literature following the success of The Green Mare, a dark satire on sexuality published in 1933. Following the German occupation and the French resistance, Aymé's ironic, and often disillusioned perception of the state of affairs in France during this period, produced a body of work that is still placed at the forefront of twentieth century French literature. Marcel Aymé died in Paris in 1967.