Author: Georges Courteline; Eric Sutton [translator]
Title: The Bureaucrats (Messieurs Les Ronds-de-Cuir): Scenes from Official French Life
Description: London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1928. Cloth. A smart translated edition of this novel from French dramatist and novelist Georges Courteline, with illustrations. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. Exploring the lives of bureaucrats in a government office, focusing on the experiences of Lahrier, who navigates the absurdities and frustrations of administrative life. With satirical humor and keen observation, we witness the intricacies of a workplace filled with peculiar characters and conflicts. Written by Georges Courteline, a French dramatist and novelist, noted as a satirist for his sharp wit and cynical humor. Translated by Eric Sutton, a British scholar and translator. Illustrated by Donia Esther Nachshen, a Ukrainian-born British book illustrator and poster artist best known for the posters she produced for the British government during the Second World War. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor bumping to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: D. Nachshen. Very Good .

Keywords: Bureaucrats French Life Courteline French Nachshen D. Nachshen


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