Les Poneys sauvages
![]() 1970 p/b edition | |
Author | Michel Déon |
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Country | France |
Language | French |
Publisher | Éditions Gallimard |
Publication date | 9 December 1970 |
Pages | 504 |
Les Poneys sauvages ("the wild ponies") is a 1970 novel by the French writer Michel Déon. It tells the story of five friends who studied together at an English university, and how their friendship and loyalty keep them together during World War II and the Cold War, as they spread over Europe and to varying degrees engage in poetry, espionage, travels and unpredictable behaviour. The narration alternates between a first-person perspective and that of an epistolary novel.
The novel received the Prix Interallié.[1] It was adapted into a 1983 television series with the same title, directed by Robert Mazoyer, which ran in five episodes, starring Jacques Weber.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Prix Interallié". prix-litteraires.net (in French). Retrieved 2015-04-04.
- ^ Rège, Philippe (2010). Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 695. ISBN 978-0-8108-6137-4.
External links[]
- Les Poneys sauvages at the publisher's website (in French)
Categories:
- 1970 French novels
- French novels adapted into films
- French-language novels
- Novels by Michel Déon
- Novels set in Greece
- Novels set in Italy
- Novels set in the Soviet Union
- Novels set in the United Kingdom
- Books about Yemen
- 1970s novel stubs