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184:(The House of the People), which centres on the struggles of a shoemaker called Quéré as seen through the eyes of his young son. The story describes how Quéré's idealistic political activism threatens his small business as he loses custom by pushing against ingrained conservatism. Nevertheless, he manages to build self-help cooperatives on the model of
271:. It has been described as his most experimental work, "an intricate text demanding patient reconstitution by the reader. Micro- and macro-history collide: the horrors of war, and anarchist and Popular Front politics or right-wing coups, impinge violently on private dramas. It is a haunted kaleidoscope, often hallucinatory."
230:. Contrasted with the figure of Cripure is the nominal hero, Lucien, who aspires to work for a better future. But the grotesque and self-excoriating visions of Cripure are repeatedly portrayed as more powerful and compelling than Lucien's idealism. The book was translated into English under the title
399:"to perpetuate the literary ideals and values of the Breton writer". The prize is granted each year to a work in the French language which is characterised by "the humane qualities of generous thought, refusing all dualism and all sacrifice of individuality in favour of ideological abstractions".
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Greene, Francis J. - Louis
Guilloux's "Le Sang noir" : A Prefiguration of Sartre's "La Nausée" , French Review : Journal of the American Association of Teachers of French (Chapel Hill, USA ; ISSN 0016-111X), 1969, 43, p.
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Before becoming a professional writer, literary translator and interpreter, Guilloux worked in various trades, including journalism. He was well known for his fluency in the
English language. He married in 1924, and published
593: : Louis Guilloux's Novel about Race, Justice, and the Segregated Army that Liberated France , French Literature Series, Vol. 35, No. 1. (1 October 2008), pp. 105-122.
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vision. It centres on the suicidal thoughts of the anti-hero, Cripure, who feels overwhelming disgust at humanity in the destructive circumstances of militarism during
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invited him to accompany him on his famous trip to the USSR in 1936, in which Eugène Dabit also travelled. However, he refused to endorse the Soviet system.
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was notable for its departure from his earlier, more straightforwardly socialist literature, since it contains elements of what was later associated with an
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he explored racial inequalities and injustice in the segregated
American army of the time. Guilloux's experiences at this time are described by
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The success of the book led to a long series of novels on socially committed themes, usually based in his native
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Guilloux's father was a shoemaker and socialist activist, a background that
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Guilloux was active in left-wing causes. In 1927, he signed the petition, published on 15 April in the magazine
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compilation de courriers de lecteurs du journal « L'intransigeant »
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choisies et annotées par L. Guilloux en collaboration avec Daniel Halévy
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Louis
Guilloux, Souvenirs sur G. Palante. Paris, Calligrammes, 1980
240:(Bread of Dreams), which he wrote during the Occupation, won the
148:(15 January 1899 – 14 October 1980) was a Breton writer born in
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JH King, "Louis
Guilloux's Ambiguous Epic Le Sang Noir",
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393:Conseil général des Côtes-d'Armor
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1059:Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud
346:He was Secretary of the first
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522:Vingt ans ma belle âge (1999)
350:in 1935, then became head of
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749:Louis-Ferdinand CĂ©line
460:Absent de Paris (1952)
447:Histoire de brigands,
381:Cimetière Saint-Michel
1356:French male novelists
1351:Prix Renaudot winners
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411:Lettres de Proudhon,
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352:Red Aid International
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486:OK Joe ! (1976)
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246:liberation of France
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591:On Violent Judgment
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512:L'Herbe d'oubli,
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421:Compagnons (1931)
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