The Proverb, And Other Stories

296 Pages·1961·35.04 MB·English

by  Marcel Ayme

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THE PROVERB
and other stories
BY MARCEL AYME
NOVEI
S
THE GREEN MARE ipsS
{Lajument Verte)
THE SECRET STREAM ig$3
(La Moulin de la Sourdine)
THE SECOND FACE J95I
{La Belle Image)
THE BARKEEP OFBLEMONT igSO
(Uranus)
THE MIRACULOUS BARBER igSO
(Trauelingue)
THETRANSIENT HOUR ig48
(Les Chemin desEcoliers)
SHORT STORIES
THE PROVERB ig6l
ACROSS PARIS igsg
FOR CHILDREN
RETURN TO THEWONDERFULFARM igS4
THEWONDERFUL FARM igs1
(bothfromLes Contesdu ChatPerche)
The Proverb
and other stories
MARCEL AYME
Translatedfrom the French by
NORMAN DENNY
NEW YORK
ATHENEUM
1961
ThreeNewsItems*' hasappearedin Esquire:
''Knate" in Harpers;
''The Life-Ration'' in Harper'sBazaar
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Copright ig6i by TheBodleyHeadLtd,
Allrightsreserved
LibraryofCongresscatalogcardnumber 61-9257
Printedin the UnitedStatesofAmerica by
TheMurrayPrinting Company, Forge Village, Massachusetts
BoundbyH. Wolff, New York
FirstAmericanEdition
The following is alist,with the date of
theirpubhcation,oftheFrenchvolumes
from v/hich this collectionof
stories has been made:
Le Puits aux Images(1932)
THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW
LeNain (1934)
THREE NEWS ITEMS
THE LAST
KNATE
was pubUshed separately in 1936, in a
volume ofshort stories by winners of
the PrixTheophraste-Renaudot.
Derriere ChezMartin (1938)
THE BOY MARTIN
LePasse-Muraille(1943)
THE PROVERB
THE LIFE-RATION
Le Vin de Paris(1947)
LA BONNE PEINTURE
THE BOGUS POLICEMAN
COULDn't-CARE-LESS
EnArricre (1950)
JOSSE
BACKWARDS