Solal of the Solals explained

Solal of the Solals
Author:Albert Cohen
Translator:Wilfrid Benson
Country:France
Language:French
Publisher:Éditions Gallimard
Pub Date:1930
English Pub Date:1933
Pages:350

Solal of the Solals (French: '''Solal''') is a 1930 novel by the Swiss writer Albert Cohen. It was published in English in 1933. It was Cohen's first novel, and the first part in a loosely connected series of four; it was followed by Nailcruncher, Belle du Seigneur and Les Valeureux.

Reception

The book was reviewed in Time in 1933: "Publishers, like other advertisers, cry 'Wolf! Wolf!' to a semi-attentive public. ... Consequently, in those blue moons when they have something to shout about, a sharp-toothed masterpiece may slip undetected into the gentle reader's fold, cause much silent havoc before the alarm is given. Though Publisher Dutton has sounded no extra-special warning, Solal is such a masterpiece-in-sheep's-clothing. Wolf would be a misnomer: nothing so leonine has come down the pike in many a blue moon."[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Staff writer. 1933-04-10. Books: Lion of Judah. https://web.archive.org/web/20101122122257/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,929566,00.html. dead. November 22, 2010. Time. 2012-03-05.