The influence peddlers /
Kaddour, Hédi,author.
Fagan, Teresa Lavender,translator.
Originally published as Les prépondérants.
Part I. The shock: Nahbès, North Africa, the early 1920s -- A tree in the wind -- The betrayal -- Honored guests -- And...action! -- A quintal and a half -- The old woman and the eggs -- The cow of Satan -- A sort of tacit agreement -- At a nice school -- A well-planned marriage -- The story of the ice -- A lovely summer -- An eye on everything -- Two hatreds -- At the market -- A smiling wife -- Troubled times -- Big problems -- Part II. The great voyage: winter 1922-spring 1923 -- The Jugurtha -- Nights of dreams -- The hand -- Crossroads of pain -- Brother and sister -- A night at Gabrielle's -- A taste for wealth -- Great murmurings -- A liberated country -- The suitor -- Kinder des Vaterlands -- For an orchard -- In an occupied country -- The smile on a grilled sheep's head -- Otto -- Fascination -- The return -- Part III. One year later: Nahbès, June 1924 -- A true fox -- Scaradère -- A mass uprising -- The Prépondérants -- The storm -- The hunt -- An edifying spectacle -- The face -- Ganthier's party -- The blaster -- The barley wind -- Equal pay for equal work -- A complex operation -- Beasts from hell.
Culture conflict
Nineteen twenties
Culture conflict.
Nineteen twenties.