by Jules Romains · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070386550
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«Knock ou le Triomphe de la Médecine» is the satirical comedy in three acts by Jules Romains, published by Gallimard in paperback (167 pages, in French).
Doctor Knock arrives in Saint-Maurice, a mountain village where Doctor Parpalaid had no patients. With the help of the pharmacist, the schoolmaster and the drummer, he convinces the locals that they are ill: he flatters their self-esteem, exploits their greed and awakens their hypochondria. It is a satire of medicine, charlatanism and human credulity.
The play premiered in 1923 and this edition from the Folio Théâtre collection offers the complete text in French.
For students of French literature and readers of classic theatre, with a satire that combines humour and social criticism.
Jules Romains was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine, and a cycle of works called Les Hommes de bonne volonté . Sinclair Lewis called him one of the six best novelists in the world.
