by Jacques de Lacretelle (Author), Victor Brombert (Author), Jaques de Lacretelle (Author)

The story of a Parisian school boy belonging to a Protestant bourgeois family, who, though fascinated by the intelligence and ardor of a Jewish schoolmate, bows to the prejudices of his milieu, and betrays his chosen friend.

Author Biography

(1888-1985) was a novelist, hournalis, and member of the academie francaise. Silbermann, his second novel, was orginally published in 1922 and was awarded the Prix Femina.