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  • It's beautiful truth  

    The gods are thirsty (Paperback)
    While reading The two French Republics I thought back to Anatole France and "The Gods are thirsty." Clemenceau said in 1891 that "The Revolution is a block"; Anatole France, responds with "Gods crave", 1912, that this was not
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  • An educational table  

    The gods are thirsty (Paperback)
    Anatole France is under doubt the French writer whose recognition has been the most difference with time: major writer in the Third Republic, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921, now almost forgotten. An injustice? Thesis novel, The gods are thirsty o
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  • An interesting novel 1  

    The gods are thirsty (Paperback)
    This novel is difficult to start: the language of Anatole France is rich and subtle, and it is for a public scholar if not, at least attentive, able to spot the historical, literary and philosophical references truffent novel. These references are no
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  • Hell of good feelings  

    The gods are thirsty (Paperback)
    Anatole France wanted to write a book on the Inquisition, so as to show how a simple idea to start could be made an ideological monster that consumes everything in its path. But the Inquisition did not seem strong enough, and then the Third Republic
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  • A bit far fetched ...  

    The gods are thirsty (Paperback)
    It is obvious that Anatole France was held to place his characters in all "classical" situations of the Revolution (which he assumes a very solid knowledge on the part of the reader): queuing outside the bakery, the Section, the Tribunal, the pr
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  • Study of a character in the heart of Terror  

    The gods are thirsty (Paperback)
    All credit is Anatole France aptly describe what drives his character. And how the best ideas engender the worst atrocities. The language of Anatole France is impeccable. I personally would have liked a fresco with more breadth, but it is questionabl
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