Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974), playwright and film director, the first among film figures to become a member of the French Academy—someone who doesn’t need any introduction. He made films that became part of the golden foundation of French classics.
But we’ll have to get acquainted anew with Marcel Pagnol as a writer. For the first time in Russian, his famous books “My Father’s Glory” and “The Castle of My Mother” are being fully published (previously only selected chapters appeared). They tell about his childhood in Provence.
Funny, touching, and sometimes hilariously ridiculous adventures of little Marcel unfold against the backdrop of Provence’s landscapes—an amazing land where enjoying life has been raised to the level of high art.