Clochemerle
Gabriel Chevallier [Chevallier, Gabriel]Gabriel Chevallier's delightful novel Clochemerle satirizes the titanic confrontation of secular and religious forces in a small wine-growing village in Beaujolais. The eruption begins when the socialist mayor decides that he wants to leave behind a monument to his administration's achievements. He takes as his model the ancient Romans, who were famous for two things--hygiene and noble edifices. Thus, he decides to unite the two concepts . . . by constructing a public urinal in the centre of town. There is one problem, however. The chosen locale is next to the village church, and this outrages the ecclesiastical party.
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Year:
2004
Publisher:
Random House
Language:
english
ISBN 10:
1448105137
ISBN 13:
9781448105137
File:
EPUB, 2.74 MB
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english, 2004