A Fine Of Two Hundred Francs by Elsa Triolet
Set in winter 1942 Occupied France, the book follows three lives entangled with the Resistance: Juliette Noël, a courier moving across snowy countryside to stay ahead of the Gestapo; Alexis Slavsky, a painter concealing his Jewish background as he drifts between Montparnasse, Lyon and the Alps; and Louise, a Russian-born survivor of Nazi interrogation hiding in a safe house before rejoining the maquis. Their intersecting stories convey the constant danger, moral choices and quiet courage of people living under occupation.
The 13600th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1944
- Nationality
- French
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 304
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- A Fine of Two Hundred Francs
- Le premier accroc coûte deux cents francs
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