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Malevil

Robert Merle

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 635 pages

Rating: 4.25 | 3511 Users | 226 Reviews

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Original Title:	Malevil
ISBN:	2070374440 (ISBN13: 9782070374441)
Edition Language:	French
Characters:	Emanuel Comte
Setting:	France
Literary Awards:	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1974)

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À la suite d'une explosion, sans doute nucléaire, qui a selon toute vraisemblance ravagé la Terre entière, Emmanuel Comte et ses six compagnons font du château de Malevil, dont la profonde cave leur a permis de survivre, la base de départ de leurs efforts de reconstruction de la civilisation, qui passera également par l'affrontement avec d'autres groupes de survivants, que ce soient des bandes errantes ou des groupes structurés nomades ou sédentaires.

La qualification de science-fiction peut être considérée comme exagérée, concernant ce roman, puisque seule la situation de départ (la destruction de la civilisation humaine par une explosion d'origine inconnue) rejoint le thème post-apocalyptique, alors très populaire en science-fiction. Tout le reste du roman raconte comment un groupe de survivants miraculés relève le défi de la reconstruction d'une société humaine. De ce point de vue, on peut dire que le roman relève du genre de la robinsonade.

De nombreux thèmes sont abordés dans ce roman : la religion, la politique, la place des femmes dans la société, le monde rural, le rôle du chef, certes sous l'angle d'une mini-communauté mais qui renvoient à notre société.

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Title	:	Malevil
Author	:	Robert Merle
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Folio
Pages	:	Pages: 635 pages
Published	:	March 3rd 1983 by Gallimard (first published April 7th 1972)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic. Dystopia. Cultural. France

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Ratings: 4.25 From 3511 Users | 226 Reviews

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After a two hundred page marathon to finish this, I couldn't be more happy. It was worth it! I was so close to not reading this book! What a loss that would've been! Now, that's a good post-apocalyptic study right here and I have to think a while before I can review it. I hope I'll do it. I might be too lazy.

This book was surprisingly good. The title put me off, since I inferred that it attributed the collapse of civilization to some silly supernatural struggle, like Swan Song by Robert McCammon, which I bought and barely began reading before I dropped it in disappointment. (Not that all supernaturally inspired apocalypses are bad stories: I really liked The Stand by Stephen King.) In fact, Malevil is simply the name of the little French community where the story occurs. It is a pretty good story

3/4's of the way through I started worrying that the ending wouldn't stand up to how good the book had been for me so far... But the ending held up pretty well for me, all in all. I liked that there was another narrative voice occasionally that explained things from a different viewpoint and put some of the things that bothered me about the first narrator into a better perspective (at least for me) On the other hand some of the attitudes about women bothered the heck out of me... I'm not sure if

Malevil by Robert MerleWritten 1972 and translated from the original French in 1973.Although written in the early 70's, there is nothing dated about this tale of survival under the worst conditions possible visited on the planet. Most are familiar with this sort of novel. Odd pockets of civilization survive the ultimate destruction. A battle that gives no warning, no vibes at all. There were no preparations to make, because Who Knew?, which is probably the most..."democratic" way to begin. With

My personal experience is that novels translated into English often have an odd feeling to them. A sense that I'm missing something. An intangible if you like. I've always believed that being able to read the novel in it's original language (French in this case) would aide in a greater understanding of the subtleties and nuances of the story. But I was a lousy foreign language student in school and barely eked out a C- in German. I never went near French. So I have to be content with reading the

great, the best novel i've ever read

Post-apocalyptic novels are really studies in human nature and provoke introspection. When society crumbles and man is reduced to nothing, does his nature change? Does he continue to hold on to values of decency, or is it necessary to revert to a bestial state in order to survive? This is the essence of what fascinates readers about PA novels. Malevil makes us ponder these things. The cast of characters are everyday people, easy to relate with. The setting, an old castle in the French