La guerre des boutons à 1.90 euros

By Louis Pergaud

Les enfants de deux villages voisins s'affrontent depuis des ann?es. Les gar?ons de Longeverne et ceux de Velrans se m?nent une guerre sans merci ? coups de poings, de b'tons et de jets de pierre. Les... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 2266223208
• ISBN13: 9782266223201
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: POCKET
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.6" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

amazing book

Ever since I read it in my language's translation (Romanian), I longed for the original. Finally bought it in the children section of a french bookstore; Pergaud is a terrific writer and his charming french spices up the story-telling. I felt that the translations (both Romanian and English) lost a little of the rustic feeling. I see that this print uses "francais facile", which I suppose means removing the flavorful patois and may be OK if it's for small children. However, if it's for you and you can, get the un-abridged version, you'll enjoy it so much more.

A wonderful story of youth

The War of the Buttons is generally considered a book for children but the truth is that it is also a book for adults. Anyone who likes to remember what it was like to be young, free and get excited over the samllest thing should read this. The story is an allegory of war and makes very obvious how ridiculous human beings can be and how unnecessary wars are.Beautifully written with incredible expressive slang worthy of every teenager.

THe War of the buttons

Two Irish groups of young boys are going to war, not for gold, or land, for pride. No booty is taken in this war just buttons.Who wins? How? It is a wonderful well written book.