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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 .
Then, after a time skip of 2 years, we found a rebellious 16 years old Solal that falls in love with the 26 years old wife of the French consul discovering the pleasures of sex with her. Solal is already depicted like a beautiful boy with long dark hair, piercing blue eyes and a noble demeanour.
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- Albert Cohen
His major novels constitute one extended autobiographical fiction. Their protagonist, Solal, is a handsome League of Nations civil servant (as Cohen was for many years) who is torn between his Jewish loyalties and the beauty and sensuality of non-Jewish society.
Solal’s success is in a way against all the odds. As a Jew he is condemned to remain marginal and rejected and indeed, once the magic is dispelled the illusion of integration, of success, is quickly broken. Solal is continuously aware of the fragility of his new position with regard to those who are comfortably lodged in the Protestant ...
- Liran Razinsky
The novel is the standalone third part in a series of four; it follows Solal of the Solals and Nailcruncher, and precedes Les Valeureux. It received the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française.
- Albert Cohen
- 1968
Oct 22, 2021 · In 1930, Solal, his first novel, tells the story of a tension, between a Jewishness, which associates election and curse, and a desire to assimilate into Western society. It is through women that Solal begins his ascent: he deserts his native island, Cephalonia, to discover the West, thanks to Adrienne and then Aude.
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 .
