Solal of the Solals
Author | Albert Cohen |
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Translator | Wilfrid Benson |
Language | French |
Publisher | Éditions Gallimard |
Publication date | 1930 |
Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1933 |
Pages | 350 |
Solal of the Solals (French: Solal) is a 1930 novel by the Swiss writer Albert Cohen. It was published in English in 1933. It was Cohen's first novel, and the first part in a loosely connected series of four; it was followed by Nailcruncher, Belle du Seigneur and Les Valeureux.
Reception
The book was reviewed in Time in 1933: "Publishers, like other advertisers, cry 'Wolf! Wolf!' to a semi-attentive public. ... Consequently, in those blue moons when they have something to shout about, a sharp-toothed masterpiece may slip undetected into the gentle reader's fold, cause much silent havoc before the alarm is given. Though Publisher Dutton has sounded no extra-special warning, Solal is such a masterpiece-in-sheep's-clothing. Wolf would be a misnomer: nothing so leonine has come down the pike in many a blue moon."[1]
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References
- ^ Staff writer (1933-04-10). "Books: Lion of Judah". Time. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-05.