Blue Boy (novel)

Not to be confused with The Blue Boy (novel).
Blue Boy
AuthorJean Giono
Original titleJean le Bleu
TranslatorKatherine A. Clarke
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions Grasset
Publication date
1932
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1946
Pages316

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

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

  1. ^ Blue Boy. OCLC 254707. Retrieved 2015-05-22 – via WorldCat.
  2. ^ "La Femme du boulanger". bifi.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française. Archived from the original on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  3. ^ Sullivan, Dan (1976-05-13). "The Baker's Wife' at the Pavilion". Los Angeles Times (via pqarchiver.com). Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  4. ^ "La femme du boulanger (TV)". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2015-05-22.