| The Hollow Field | |
| Author: | Marcel Aymé |
| Title Orig: | La Table-aux-crevés |
| Translator: | Helen Waddell |
| Publisher: | Éditions Gallimard |
| Pub Date: | 14 October 1929 |
| English Pub Date: | 1933 |
| Pages: | 276 |
The Hollow Field is a 1929 novel by the French writer Marcel Aymé. It tells the story of the rivalry between two farming villages, Cantagrel and Cessigney, which is triggered after a failed attempt at tobacco smuggling. An English translation by Helen Waddell was published in 1933.[1]
The novel received the Prix Renaudot.[2] It was adapted into the 1951 film , directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Fernandel, Maria Mauban and Fernand Sardou.[3]