by Yves Jacob · FRANCE LOISIRS / PRESSES DE LA CITE · tapa dura · ISBN 9782744165382
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«Marie sans Terre» is the historical novel by Yves Jacob, published by France Loisirs/Presses de la Cité in hardback (271 pages, in French).
Set in Normandy in the first half of the 20th century, the novel follows Marie, a peasant woman from the Bessin. As a child she wanders in rags with her brother and alcoholic mother; later she works on a farm and meets Julien, who disappears after leaving her pregnant. Between separations and bereavements, the story reconstructs a vanished rural world.
Published in 2003, the novel is inspired by the memories of a peasant woman from the Bessin and recreates the rural world from 1920 to 1950.
A read for fans of historical fiction and tales of the French countryside.
