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ORIGINAL EDITION IN THREE VOLUMES.

This long formative novel, the author's only real novel, won the 1929 Prix Goncourt.

ONE OF THE FIRST 109 COPIES REPRINTED IN IN-4 FORMAT TELLIÈREfollowed by 697 copies in in-12 format.

SUPERB, VERY LONG AUTOGRAPH SIGNED LETTER telling the story of the work and running through the three volumes:

Volume I:

"For Patrick Gauthier Landau with kindest regards Marcel Arland (June 1965)
I wrote this big book between 1928 and 1929 (I was living at the Montcel college in Jouy-en-Josas). It was a need for me, after the years of the dispersal of Dadaism, etc., to take stock, to set out my debates. It was a need for me, after the scattered years of Dadaism, etc., to take stock, to set out my debates, which were also those of many young writers. Before winning the Prix Goncourt (which I wasn't expecting; I was out of Paris that day), L'Ordre had already found many readers. In fact, it was a much-discussed book. "La Nouvelle Revue Française" had published part of it, and "Le Roseau d'Or", edited by Jacques Maritain, had published the last part".

Volume II:

"This title, l'Ordre, has given rise to many misunderstandings (for example, on the part of Sartre). I understood the title in terms of antiphrases. In fact, one of the last sentences is unequivocal: the one Justin utters after his brother's death: "As if everything wasn't supposed to return to normal!)

Volume III:

"I've often been asked: 'Who were you writing this book for? Of course, they thought I was going to say: for Gilbert. And indeed I was for him, at heart (that's why I'm making him die). I often replied that I was for the woman, for Renée. And it's true that she embodies the only order that would have seemed to me (and still seems to me) acceptable: that of the heart."

The copy is complete with a pink insert.

The extremely rare booklet Marcel Arland Goncourt Prize 1929, published after the prize was awarded (small in-12, 22 pages printed in blue) and giving extracts from reviews of the work.

Very nice outfit.