"Originally published--in their English translations--in New writing, either in the big volumes or in the Penguin edition, between 1936 and 1946."
Contents
Introduction / John Lehmann -- My mother / André Gide -- Room / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Wall / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Letter to cousin Mary / Jean Cassou -- Feast in the mountains / André Chamson -- Tabusse and his dogs / André Chamson -- Tabusse and the powers / André Chamson -- Man and a woman / Louis Guilloux -- About Theseus / Paul Nizan -- Corn dies / Jean Giono -- Bread-baking / Jean Giono -- Letter to a hostage / Antoine De St. Exupéry -- Madame Parpillon's Inn / Noel Devaulx -- Midshipman / Louis Clamorgan