Blue Boy (novel)

Not to be confused with The Blue Boy (novel).
Blue Boy
Author Jean Giono
Original title Jean le Bleu
Translator Katherine A. Clarke
Country France
Language French
Publisher Éditions Grasset
Publication date
1932
Published in English
1946
Pages 316

Blue Boy (French: Jean le Bleu) is a 1932 novel by the French writer Jean Giono. It tells the story of a family in Provence, with an ironer mother and a shoemaker father. The book is largely autobiographical and based on Giono's childhood, although it has many fictional anecdotes. An English translation by Katherine A. Clarke was published in 1946.[1]

Adaptations

The novel was the basis for Marcel Pagnol's 1938 film The Baker's Wife. The film stars Raimu, Ginette Leclerc and Charles Blavette.[2] Pagnol's film was in turn adapted into the American musical The Baker's Wife, which premiered in 1976.[3] It was also the basis for the 2010 television film La Femme du boulanger, directed by Dominique Thiel.[4]

References

  1. "Blue Boy.". WorldCat. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  2. "La Femme du boulanger". bifi.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  3. Sullivan, Dan (1976-05-13). "The Baker's Wife' at the Pavilion". Los Angeles Times (via pqarchiver.com). Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  4. "La femme du boulanger (TV)". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2015-05-22.
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