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'Fable for Another Time' is a 1952 novel by the French writer Louis-Ferdinand Cline. The narrative recounts Cline's experiences during what seems to be a hypothetical bombing of an area of Montmartre by the allies on the days preceding D-day. The whole of the action of this fairly long narrative lasts no more than twelve hours from the beginning of an evening to the morning after. It was followed by a sequel, 'Normance', published in 1954.

Writing process



Louis-Ferdinand Cline started to work on the novel in 1945, while he was living in exile in Denmark. At the time he was working on 'London Bridge: Guignol's Band II', and had plans for a third book in the 'Guignol's Band' series. Those plans were scrapped when Cline was imprisoned, which made him nostalgic about his time in Montmartre. He had also become more concerned about his literary reputation in France; after supporting the Vichy regime during World War II, Cline had been ignored in France, and was almost forgotten as a writer of any relevance. He therefore decided that he had to write a new original work which would make a serious impact. 'Fable for Another Time' was at various times, as is known through Cline's letters, known as 'La Bataille du Styx' ("The battle of Styx"), 'Du cte des maudits' ("The coast of the damned"), 'Au vents des maudits' ("At the winds of the damned"), and 'Au vents des maudits pour une autre fois' ("At the winds of the damned for another time"), before the writer settled on the final title. The book was meant as a fictionalised memoir as much as a defence speech.

See also



* 1952 in literature

* 20th-century French literature

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Category:1952 novels

Category:Novels by Louis-Ferdinand Cline

Category:French autobiographical novels

Category:French historical novels

Category:Novels set during World War II

Category:ditions Gallimard books


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