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{{Short description|Novel by Jean Giono}}
{{Short description|Novel by Jean Giono}}
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'''''Un roi sans divertissement''''' (lit. "''a king without distraction''"), published in English as '''A King Alone''',<ref name="2019ed">{{Cite book|last=Giono|first=Jean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0JNfDwAAQBAJ|title=A King Alone|date=2019|publisher=New York Review Books|isbn=978-1-68137-310-2|language=en|orig-year=1947}}</ref> is a 1947 novel by the French writer [[Jean Giono]]. The narrative is set between 1843 and 1848 in the [[French Prealps]] and follows a police officer who discovers unpleasant truths about himself during a murder investigation. It was the first book by Giono to be published after [[World War II]] and marks the beginning of a new phase in the author's [[Body of work|oeuvre]].
'''''Un roi sans divertissement''''' (lit. "''a king without distraction''"), published in English as '''A King Alone''',<ref name="2019ed">{{Cite book|last=Giono|first=Jean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0JNfDwAAQBAJ|title=A King Alone|date=2019|publisher=New York Review Books|isbn=978-1-68137-310-2|language=en|orig-year=1947}}</ref> is a 1947 novel by the French writer [[Jean Giono]]. The narrative is set between 1843 and 1848 in the [[French Prealps]] and follows a police officer who discovers unpleasant truths about himself during a murder investigation. It was the first book by Giono to be published after [[World War II]] and marks the beginning of a new phase in the author's [[Body of work|oeuvre]].
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==Origin==
==Origin==
[[Jean Giono]] was a pacifist and had participated in the journal ''[[La Gerbe]]'' which was seen with suspicion after [[World War II]]. He was imprisoned in 1944 by commissars from the [[French Resistance]] and blacklisted by the Conseil national des écrivains.<ref name=andrau27>{{Harvnb|Andrau|2003|pp=27–28}}</ref> ''Un roi sans divertissement'' was written in the autumn of 1946.<ref name="poibru">{{Cite web|last = Poirier|first = Bruno|url = http://pages.infinit.net/poibru/giono/gionobib.htm|title = Bibliographie des œuvres de Jean Giono|language = fr|work = pages.infinit.net|access-date = 2015-04-09}}</ref> The lyrical prose and humanism of Giono's works from the interwar period was replaced by pessimism and sarcastic humour, something which came to characterise many of the author's post-war novels.<ref name=andrau27 />
[[Jean Giono]] was a pacifist and had participated in the journal ''[[La Gerbe]]'' which was seen with suspicion after [[World War II]]. He was imprisoned in 1944 by commissars from the [[French Resistance]] and blacklisted by the Conseil national des écrivains.<ref name=andrau27>{{Harvnb|Andrau|2003|pp=27–28}}</ref> ''Un roi sans divertissement'' was written in the autumn of 1946.<ref name="poibru">{{Cite web|last = Poirier|first = Bruno|url = http://pages.infinit.net/poibru/giono/gionobib.htm|title = Bibliographie des œuvres de Jean Giono|language = fr|work = pages.infinit.net|access-date = 2015-04-09|archive-date = 2018-01-21|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180121231616/http://pages.infinit.net/poibru/giono/gionobib.htm|url-status = dead}}</ref> The lyrical prose and humanism of Giono's works from the interwar period were replaced by pessimism and sarcastic humor, which came to characterize many of the author's post-war novels.<ref name=andrau27 />


==Publication==
==Publication==
The book was published by [[éditions de la Table ronde]] in June 1947, breaking the embargo from the Conseil national des écrivains and making ''Un roi sans divertissement'' the first book by Giono to be published after the war. It was republished by [[éditions Gallimard]] in December the same year.<ref name=poibru /> The book has been grouped with several other of the author's post-war novels. In 1962 Giono gave these works the label "chroniques romanesques" ("romantic chronicles").<ref>{{Harvnb|Andrau|2003|pp=43–44}}</ref>
Published by [[Éditions de la Table ronde]] in June 1947, ''Un roi sans divertissement'' broke the embargo imposed by the Conseil national des écrivains, becoming Giono's first post-war work. It was subsequently republished by [[Éditions Gallimard]] in December of the same year.<ref name=poibru /> Giono later categorized this novel, along with several others from the post-war period, as "chroniques romanesques" or "romantic chronicles."<ref>{{Harvnb|Andrau|2003|pp=43–44}}</ref>


The book was translated into English by Alyson Waters in 2019.<ref name="2019ed" />
In 2019, Alyson Waters translated the novel into English under the title, ''A King Alone''. <ref name="2019ed" />


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 11:15, 12 September 2024

A King Alone
AuthorJean Giono
Original titleUn roi sans divertissement
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions de la Table ronde
Publication date
June 1947
Publication placeFrance
Pages285

Un roi sans divertissement (lit. "a king without distraction"), published in English as A King Alone,[1] is a 1947 novel by the French writer Jean Giono. The narrative is set between 1843 and 1848 in the French Prealps and follows a police officer who discovers unpleasant truths about himself during a murder investigation. It was the first book by Giono to be published after World War II and marks the beginning of a new phase in the author's oeuvre.

The book was the basis for the 1963 film A King Without Distraction, directed by François Leterrier from a screenplay by Giono.[2]

Origin

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Jean Giono was a pacifist and had participated in the journal La Gerbe which was seen with suspicion after World War II. He was imprisoned in 1944 by commissars from the French Resistance and blacklisted by the Conseil national des écrivains.[3] Un roi sans divertissement was written in the autumn of 1946.[4] The lyrical prose and humanism of Giono's works from the interwar period were replaced by pessimism and sarcastic humor, which came to characterize many of the author's post-war novels.[3]

Publication

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Published by Éditions de la Table ronde in June 1947, Un roi sans divertissement broke the embargo imposed by the Conseil national des écrivains, becoming Giono's first post-war work. It was subsequently republished by Éditions Gallimard in December of the same year.[4] Giono later categorized this novel, along with several others from the post-war period, as "chroniques romanesques" or "romantic chronicles."[5]

In 2019, Alyson Waters translated the novel into English under the title, A King Alone. [1]

References

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Notes
  1. ^ a b Giono, Jean (2019) [1947]. A King Alone. New York Review Books. ISBN 978-1-68137-310-2.
  2. ^ "Un roi sans divertissement". bifi.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  3. ^ a b Andrau 2003, pp. 27–28
  4. ^ a b Poirier, Bruno. "Bibliographie des œuvres de Jean Giono". pages.infinit.net (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  5. ^ Andrau 2003, pp. 43–44
Literature
  • Andrau, Paule (2003). Un roi sans divertissement - J. Giono (in French). Paris: Bréal. ISBN 2-7495-0199-7.
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