Blue Boy (novel)
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| Author | Jean Giono |
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| Original title | Jean le Bleu |
| Translator | Katherine A. Clarke |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions Grasset |
Publication date | 1932 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1946 |
| Pages | 316 |
Blue Boy (French: Jean le Bleu) is a 1932 novel by French writer Jean Giono. It tells the story of a family in Provence, with an ironer mother and a shoemaker father. The book is largely autobiographical and based on Giono's childhood, although it has many fictional anecdotes. An English translation by Katherine A. Clarke was published in 1946.[1]
Adaptations
[edit]The novel was the basis for Marcel Pagnol's 1938 film The Baker's Wife. The film stars Raimu, Ginette Leclerc and Charles Blavette.[2] Pagnol's film was in turn adapted into the American musical The Baker's Wife, which premiered in 1976.[3] It was also the basis for the 2010 television film La Femme du boulanger, directed by Dominique Thiel.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Blue Boy. OCLC 254707. Retrieved 2015-05-22 – via WorldCat.
- ^ "La Femme du boulanger". bifi.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française. Archived from the original on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
- ^ Sullivan, Dan (1976-05-13). "The Baker's Wife' at the Pavilion". Los Angeles Times (via pqarchiver.com). Retrieved 2015-05-22.
- ^ "La femme du boulanger (TV)". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2015-05-22.