Les deux bouts

by Henri Calet

A reprint of a series of interviews of working-class and blue-collar people in the Paris of the early 1950s by Henri Calet (pseudonym of Raymond Théodore Barthelmess).

220 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1954

Reviews

[Pascale · Rating 1 out of 5]

Charming as they are individually, these portraits of modest, hard-working Parisians in the early 1950s don't make for fascinating reading as a volume. Initially published in the papers, they follow an unvarying formula, with the journalist always asking the same questions in the same order. It's hard to care how often Joe goes to the theatre or who is Jane's favorite actor.