Последние издания книг Габриэля Шевалье

1915: Jean Dartemont heads off to the Great War, an eager conscript. The only thing he fears is missing the action. Soon, however, the vaunted “war to end all wars” seems like a war that will never end: whether mired in the trenches or going over the top, Jean finds himself caught in the midst of an unimaginable, unceasing slaughter. After he is wounded, he returns from the front to discover a world where no one knows or wants to know any of this. Both the public and the authorities go on talking about heroes—and sending more men to their graves. But Jean refuses to keep silent. He will speak the forbidden word. He will tell them about fear.

John Berger has called Fear “a book of the utmost urgency and relevance.” A literary masterpiece, it is also an essential and unforgettable reckoning with the terrible war that gave birth to a century of war.

A funny look at the social and political dynamic of French village life.
Gabriel Chevallier's delightful novel Clochemerle satirizes the titanic confrontation of secular and religious forces in a small wine-growing village in Beaujolais. The eruption begins when the socialist mayor decides that he wants to leave behind a monument to his administration's achievements. He takes as his model the ancient Romans, who were famous for two things: hygiene and noble edifices. Thus, he decides to unite the two concepts...by constructing a public urinal in the centre of town. There is one problem, however: the chosen locale is next to the village church, and this outrages the ecclesiastical party.

В романе "Клошмерль" автор создает картины острого сатирического накала, главной мишенью которых является французский буржуа 20-х годов и католическая церковь.

Другая особенность Шевалье как писателя — его лиризм, пожалуй, лучше всего сказалась в книге "Моя подружка Пом", посвященной теме детства. Эта повесть стоит несколько особняком в его творчестве. Автор с любовью прослеживает жизнь и развитие ребенка в течение пятнадцати — шестнадцати лет. Маленькой Пом он отдает то, чего, по его словам, никому еще не отдавал, — свое…

Tout a commencé quand Barthélemy Piéchut, maire de Clochemerle-en-Beaujolais, dévoila à Ernest Tafardel, l’instituteur, son projet : “Je veux faire construire un urinoir, Tafardel.” “Un urinoir !” s’écria l’instituteur, tout saisi, tant la chose aussitôt lui parut d’importance. Le maire se méprit sur le sens de l’exclamation : “Enfin, dit-il, une pissotière !” Cette vespasienne, destinée, bien plus peut-être, à confondre Mme la baronne Alphonsine de Courtebiche, le curé Ponosse, le notaire Girodot et les suppôts de la réaction, qu’à procurer un grand soulagement à la gent virile de Clochemerle, sera édifiée tout près de l’église où Justine Putet, aride demoiselle, exerce une surveillance étroite.