Lovers Are Never Losers

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Lovers Are Never Losers
Author Jean Giono
Original titleUn de Baumugnes
TranslatorJacques Le Clercq
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Publisher Éditions Grasset
Publication date
1929
Published in English
1931
Pages228

Lovers Are Never Losers (French : Un de Baumugnes) is a 1929 novel by the French writer Jean Giono. It tells a love story set in rural France in the early 20th century. It is the standalone second entry in Giono's Pan trilogy; it was preceded by Colline and followed by Second Harvest . It was published in English in 1931, translated by Jacques Le Clercq. [1]

Adaptation

The novel was the basis for the 1934 French film Angèle . The film was directed by Marcel Pagnol and stars Orane Demazis, Fernandel and Henri Poupon. [2] A Turkish adaptation directed by Ömer Lütfi Akad was released in 1957 as Kara Talih. [3]

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References

  1. Lovers are never losers. OCLC   2109701 . Retrieved 2015-05-17 via WorldCat.
  2. "Angèle". bifi.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française . Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  3. "Kara Talih". tsa.org (in Turkish). Türk Sineması Araştırmaları. Retrieved 2015-05-17.