Original title La Table aux crevés Published in English 1933 Originally published 14 October 1929 Page count 276 | Publication date 14 October 1929 Pages 276 Publisher Éditions Gallimard Published in english 1933 | |
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The Hollow Field (French: La Table aux crevés) is a 1929 novel by the French writer Marcel Aymé. It tells the story of the rivalry between two farming villages, Cantagrel and Cessigney, which is triggered after a failed attempt at tobacco smuggling. An English translation by Helen Waddell was published in 1933.
The novel received the Prix Renaudot. It was adapted into the 1951 film The Village Feud, directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Fernandel, Maria Mauban and Fernand Sardou.
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