Saint-Germain ou la négociation

Saint-Germain ou la négociation is a Belgian novel by Francis Walder. It was first published in 1958 and won that year's Prix Goncourt. It tells the story of the negotiation of the Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, which ended the third French War of Religion in August 1570.[1]

The novel's receipt of the Prix Goncourt was fiercely criticised by a writer in The French Review, official journal of American Association of Teachers of French, that described the book as entirely insubstantial, "dull, pompous, naïve and stretched-out, like a child undertaking to explain Einstein".[2]

A TV movie version was made in 2003, starring Jean Rochefort as Henri de Malassise and Marie-Christine Barrault as Catherine de' Medici.

References

  1. ↑ "Francis Waldburger, dit Francis Walder". Dictionnaire mondial des littératures. Retrieved 28 July 2018 – via La Rousse.
  2. ↑ L. S. R. (May 1959). "Review". The French Review. 32 (6). Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Further reading

  • Rège, Philippe (11 December 2009). Encyclopedia of French Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-8108-6939-4.


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