The Hollow Field

The Hollow Field
AuthorMarcel Aymé
Original titleLa Table-aux-crevés
TranslatorHelen Waddell
PublisherÉditions Gallimard
Publication date
14 October 1929
Published in English
1933
Pages276

The Hollow Field (French: La Table aux crevés) is a 1929 novel by the French writer Marcel Aymé. It tells the story of the rivalry between two farming villages, Cantagrel and Cessigney, which is triggered after a failed attempt at tobacco smuggling. An English translation by Helen Waddell was published in 1933.[1]

The novel received the Prix Renaudot.[2] It was adapted into the 1951 film The Village Feud [fr], directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Fernandel, Maria Mauban and Fernand Sardou.[3]

References

  1. ^ The hollow field. OCLC 10650564. Retrieved 2015-09-15 – via WorldCat.
  2. ^ "Lauréats du Prix Renaudot". prix-litteraires.net (in French). Retrieved 2015-09-15.
  3. ^ Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. New Providence, New Jersey: Bowker-Saur. p. 19. ISBN 1-85739-229-9.