Le Chemin des écoliers

aka The Way of the Schoolboys

The Transient Hour

Author

Marcel Aymé

Language

French

Year

1946

Country

France

Genre

Novel

modern europe

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Le Chemin des écoliers (1946), literally "The Way of the Schoolboys," but translated as The Transient Hour, is a novel by French writer Marcel Aymé that takes place during the German occupation of Paris. It is the second book in a trilogy which covers the pre-war, war, and post-war periods in France. The first is Travelingue (1948), set in the time of the Front Populaire; the third book, Uranus, focuses on post war France and the purge: the social cleansing which sought to discipline collaborators.