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3.3/5 Goodreads Language French Pages 324 ISBN 9782070701100 | 3.6/5 Babelio Country France Publication date 2 February 1984 Originally published 2 February 1984 Page count 324 Publisher Éditions Gallimard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Works by Michel Déon Un taxi mauve, Le balcon de Spetsai, The Foundling Boy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Je vous écris d'Italie ("I write to you from Italy") is a 1984 novel by the French writer Michel Déon. It is set in Italy in the summer of 1949 and follows a young French historian who tries to solve a mystery connected to a secret pagan festival. The novel received the Prix Maison de la Presse.
Plot
Jacques Sauvage is a young French historian and Stendhal enthusiast. He fought for the French army during World War II and briefly visited the small town Varela in Umbria, Italy, in 1945. He returns to the area four years later in hope of being able to solve a mystery connected to the historically rich surroundings. The key to the mystery is a pagan festival which the locals are preparing in secret.
References
Je vous écris d'Italie Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA