The Girl in His Past
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| + | "Laisse-moi puisque je suis quand même une chienne en [[Rut (mammalian reproduction)|rut]] ! Est-ce que c'est toi qui vas me donner ce dont j'ai besoin ? Est-ce que c'est un seul homme qui est capable de me le donner?" --Fernande | ||
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| - | The "'''romans durs'''" (Literal English "hard novel") by [[Georges Simenon]] refer to 117 novels written in the period 1931-1972 in which [[Maigret]] is not featured. In English, they are referred to as [[psychological novel]]s. | ||
| - | These novels tend to be more literary constructed and stylistically sophisticated, and in which Simenon gives his characters more psychological depth. | + | '''''Le Temps d'Anaïs''''' (1951) is a '[[roman dur]]' by Belgian writer [[Georges Simenon]]. |
| - | Many of Simenon "romans durs" follow a similar storyline: a man breaks with the routine of his life, gives up his job and relationship, leaves his familiar habitat and surrenders to some obsession. In these books, Simenon drives his protagonists to the limit: they cross borders, even up to the point where they commit crimes. As always Simenon abstains from any comment and remains true to his motto "Comprendre et ne pas juger" (To understand and not judge). | + | == Summary == |
| - | == List == | + | Albert Bauche, stranded in the forest of Orleans, calls the police, accuses himself of a [[murder]] and turns himself in. We learn from the various interrogations that he was working for the victim, Serge Nicolas, but Bauche was unaware that this job had been given to him by his wife, who was Nicolas' mistress. Bauche makes no contact with the investigators and his statements reflect only his personal truth. However, he feels at ease when he talks to the psychiatrist, who is interested in the evolution of his thoughts and insists on the [[sexual side of the problem]]. Bauche is then happy to explain himself: Anaïs, an easy girl in his village, marked his sensitivity as a shy adolescent. She was like an animal. All the men would find her on the beach or near the canal. Her father even, once... In turn, he got to know her, but it was as if he was taking revenge for something. |
| - | * ''[[Le Relais d’Alsace|Le Relais d'Alsace]]'' (octobre 1931) | + | Later, when he came to [[Paris]] to find work, it was again the image of Anaïs that made him seek the company of Fernande, a [[nymphomaniac|nymphomaniac]], who has since become his wife. He is aware that he is indispensable to her, for he is her confidant and support; he loves her, forgives her everything and is even happy with her. |
| - | * ''[[Le Passager du Polarlys]]'' (1932) | + | |
| - | * ''[[L'Âne rouge (roman)|L'Âne rouge]]'' (1932) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Fiançailles de M. Hire]]'' (mars 1933) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Coup de lune]]'' (avril 1933) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Maison du canal]]'' (mai 1933) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Gens d'en face]]'' (septembre 1933) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Haut Mal]]'' (octobre 1933) | + | |
| - | * ''[[L'Homme de Londres]]'' (décembre 1933) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Locataire (roman)|Le Locataire]]'' (1934) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Suicidés]]'' (1934) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Pitard]]'' (1935) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Clients d'Avrenos]]'' ({{Date|1|août|1935}}) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Quartier nègre]]'' (10 novembre 1935) | + | |
| - | * ''[[45° à l'ombre|{{unité|45|°}} à l’ombre]]'' (1936) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Demoiselles de Concarneau]]'' (1936) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Long Cours (roman)|Long Cours]]'' (1936) | + | |
| - | * ''[[L'Évadé (roman)|L'Évadé]]'' (1936) | + | |
| - | * ''[[L'Assassin (roman de Simenon)|L'Assassin]]'' (1937) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Testament Donadieu]]'' (1937) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Blanc à lunettes]]'' (1937) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Monsieur La Souris (roman de Simenon)|Monsieur La Souris]]'' (1937) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Faubourg (roman de Simenon)|Faubourg]]'' (1937) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Ceux de la soif]]'' (1938) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Chemin sans issue]]'' (1938) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Marie du port (roman)|La Marie du port]]'' (1938) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Sœurs Lacroix]]'' (1938) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Trois Crimes de mes amis]]'' (avril 1938) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Rescapés du Télémaque|Les Rescapés du "Télémaque"]]'' (19 mars 1938) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Suspect (roman de Simenon)|Le Suspect]]'' (25 mai 1938) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Touriste de bananes]]'' (29 juillet 1938) | + | |
| - | * ''[[L'Homme qui regardait passer les trains]]'' (30 octobre 1938) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Cheval-Blanc (roman de Simenon)|Le Cheval-Blanc]]'' (25 novembre 1938) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Bourgmestre de Furnes]]'' (1939) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Coup-de-Vague]]'' (7 février 1939) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Chez Krull]]'' (27 février 1939) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Malempin]]'' (30 avril 1940) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Inconnus dans la maison (roman)|Les Inconnus dans la maison]]'' (octobre 1940) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Voyageur de la Toussaint]]'' (1941) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Cour d'assises (roman de Simenon)|Cour d'assises]]'' (mars 1941) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Bergelon]]'' (avril 1941) | + | |
| - | * ''[[L'Outlaw]]'' (25 mai 1941) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Il pleut bergère... (roman de Simenon)|Il pleut bergère...]]'' (octobre 1941) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Maison des sept jeunes filles (roman de Simenon)|La Maison des sept jeunes filles]]'' (1941) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Vérité sur Bébé Donge]]'' (1942) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Oncle Charles s'est enfermé]]'' (1942) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Veuve Couderc]]'' (30 avril 1942) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Fils Cardinaud]]'' (30 novembre 1942) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Rapport du gendarme]]'' (février 1944) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Noces de Poitiers]]'' (1945) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Fenêtre des Rouet]]'' (15 mars 1945) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Fuite de Monsieur Monde (roman)|La Fuite de Monsieur Monde]]'' (10 avril 1945) | + | |
| - | * ''[[L'Aîné des Ferchaux]]'' (30 mai 1945) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Trois chambres à Manhattan]]'' (26 janvier 1946) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Cercle des Mahé]]'' (30 avril 1946) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Destin des Malou]]'' (1947) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Au bout du rouleau (roman de Simenon)|Au bout du rouleau]]'' (mai 1947) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Passager clandestin (roman)|Le Passager clandestin]]'' (1947) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Lettre à mon juge]]'' (10 août 1947) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Clan des Ostendais]]'' (5 septembre 1947) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Jument perdue]]'' (1948) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Bilan Malétras]]'' (12 février 1948) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La neige était sale]]'' (31 août 1948) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Pedigree (roman)|Pedigree]]'' (15 octobre 1948) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Fantômes du chapelier]]'' (10 avril 1949) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Fond de la bouteille (roman)|Le Fond de la bouteille]]'' (1949) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Quatre Jours du pauvre homme]]'' (1949) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Un nouveau dans la ville]]'' (10 février 1950) | + | |
| - | * ''[[L'Enterrement de Monsieur Bouvet]]'' (15 juin 1950) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Volets verts]]'' (30 septembre 1950) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Temps d'Anaïs]]'' (1951) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Tante Jeanne]]'' (1951) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Une vie comme neuve]]'' (1951) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Mort de Belle]]'' (mai 1952) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Frères Rico (roman)|Les Frères Rico]]'' (décembre 1952) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Marie qui louche]]'' (1952) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Antoine et Julie]]'' (mars 1953) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Feux rouges]]'' (16 novembre 1953) | + | |
| - | * ''[[L'Escalier de fer]]'' (1953) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Crime impuni]]'' (1954) | + | |
| - | * ''[[L'Horloger d'Everton]]'' (25 juin 1954) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Grand Bob]]'' (8 octobre 1954) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Témoins (roman de Simenon)|Les Témoins]]'' (1955) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Boule noire (roman)|La Boule noire]]'' (1955) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Complices (roman)|Les Complices]]'' (1956) | + | |
| - | * ''[[En cas de malheur]]'' (25 février 1956) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Petit Homme d'Arkhangelsk]]'' (31 octobre 1956) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Fils (roman de Simenon)|Le Fils]]'' (1957) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Nègre (roman)|Le Nègre]]'' (1957) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Strip-tease (roman de Simenon)|Strip-tease]]'' (1958) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Président (Simenon)|Le Président]]'' (1958) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Passage de la ligne]]'' (1958) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Dimanche (roman)|Dimanche]]'' (1959) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Vieille (roman)|La Vieille]]'' (1959) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Veuf (roman)|Le Veuf]]'' (1959) | + | |
| - | * ''[[L'Ours en peluche (roman)|L'Ours en peluche]]'' (1960) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Betty (roman)|Betty]]'' (1961) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Train (roman)|Le Train]]'' (1961) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Autres (roman de Simenon)|Les Autres]]'' (1962) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Porte (roman de Simenon)|La Porte]]'' (1962) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Anneaux de Bicêtre]]'' (18 mars 1963) | + | |
| - | * ''[[L'Homme au petit chien]]'' (1964) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Chambre bleue (roman de Simenon)|La Chambre Bleue]]'' (25 janvier 1964) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Petit Saint (roman)|Le Petit Saint]]'' (4 mars 1965) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Train de Venise]]'' (9 octobre 1965) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Mort d'Auguste]]'' (30 juillet 1966) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Confessionnal (roman)|Le Confessionnal]]'' (1966) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Chat (roman de Simenon)|Le Chat]]'' (1967) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Déménagement (roman)|Le Déménagement]]'' (1967) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Prison (roman)|La Prison]]'' (1968) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Main (roman)|La Main]]'' (1968) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Il y a encore des noisetiers]]'' (1969) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Novembre (roman)|Novembre]]'' (30 septembre 1969) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Le Riche Homme]]'' (15 juin 1970) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Cage de verre]]'' (2 juillet 1971) | + | |
| - | * ''[[La Disparition d'Odile]]'' (1971) | + | |
| - | * ''[[Les Innocents (roman de Simenon)|Les Innocents]]'' (4 février 1972) | + | |
| + | On the other hand, he does not like the brighter life that Nicholas has given him, because, although he now has confidence in himself, he cannot stand the contempt of this repulsive being. From the day he learned that he was only a front for a crooked company and that he was considered a "pretentious fool", he could not bear it any longer. From that moment on, he knew he would kill Nicolas, who represents everything that he himself will never be: a virile, successful man. Bauche is eager to talk with the [[psychiatrist]] and decides to have himself considered insane, so he can see him more often. His madness is deemed real and he is committed. It is true that the lawyer Houart, a former friend of his father, had intervened for this purpose. | ||
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| + | == Special aspects of the novel == | ||
| + | A story that, for the most part, reconstructs the past of a man who committed a crime that he considered fatal and necessary. The dialogues take on the aspect first of an interrogation, then of a [[psychological analysis]]; they shed light on the behavior of a character out of the ordinary, aspiring to escape the feeling of [[humiliation]] that has always conditioned his mediocrity. | ||
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| + | == Work description == | ||
| + | === Space and time frame === | ||
| + | ==== Space ==== | ||
| + | [[Ingrannes]] ([[Sologne]]) and [[Vitry-aux-Loges]] ([[Loiret (department)|Loiret]]), [[Orleans]], [[Paris]]. References to [[Montpellier]], [[Nîmes]] and [[Grau-du-Roi]] ([[Gard]]). | ||
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| + | ==== Time ==== | ||
| + | Contemporary time, around the year 1936 (11+7 years after the 1918 armistice). | ||
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| + | === The characters === | ||
| + | ==== Main character ==== | ||
| + | Albert Bauche. Director of a film company. Married for five years. 27 years old. | ||
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| + | ==== Other characters ==== | ||
| + | * Fernande Bauche, Albert's wife | ||
| + | * Serge Nicolas, Albert's employer. | ||
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| + | == Adaptations == | ||
| + | * [[1987 à la télévision|1987]] : ''Le Temps d'Anaïs'', épisode 1 de la [[série télévisée]] française ''[[L'Heure Simenon]]'', adaptation signée [[Didier Cohen]], avec [[Roger Souza]] | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Forensic psychiatry]] | ||
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"Laisse-moi puisque je suis quand même une chienne en rut ! Est-ce que c'est toi qui vas me donner ce dont j'ai besoin ? Est-ce que c'est un seul homme qui est capable de me le donner?" --Fernande |
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Le Temps d'Anaïs (1951) is a 'roman dur' by Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
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Summary
Albert Bauche, stranded in the forest of Orleans, calls the police, accuses himself of a murder and turns himself in. We learn from the various interrogations that he was working for the victim, Serge Nicolas, but Bauche was unaware that this job had been given to him by his wife, who was Nicolas' mistress. Bauche makes no contact with the investigators and his statements reflect only his personal truth. However, he feels at ease when he talks to the psychiatrist, who is interested in the evolution of his thoughts and insists on the sexual side of the problem. Bauche is then happy to explain himself: Anaïs, an easy girl in his village, marked his sensitivity as a shy adolescent. She was like an animal. All the men would find her on the beach or near the canal. Her father even, once... In turn, he got to know her, but it was as if he was taking revenge for something.
Later, when he came to Paris to find work, it was again the image of Anaïs that made him seek the company of Fernande, a nymphomaniac, who has since become his wife. He is aware that he is indispensable to her, for he is her confidant and support; he loves her, forgives her everything and is even happy with her.
On the other hand, he does not like the brighter life that Nicholas has given him, because, although he now has confidence in himself, he cannot stand the contempt of this repulsive being. From the day he learned that he was only a front for a crooked company and that he was considered a "pretentious fool", he could not bear it any longer. From that moment on, he knew he would kill Nicolas, who represents everything that he himself will never be: a virile, successful man. Bauche is eager to talk with the psychiatrist and decides to have himself considered insane, so he can see him more often. His madness is deemed real and he is committed. It is true that the lawyer Houart, a former friend of his father, had intervened for this purpose.
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Special aspects of the novel
A story that, for the most part, reconstructs the past of a man who committed a crime that he considered fatal and necessary. The dialogues take on the aspect first of an interrogation, then of a psychological analysis; they shed light on the behavior of a character out of the ordinary, aspiring to escape the feeling of humiliation that has always conditioned his mediocrity.
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Work description
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Space and time frame
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Space
Ingrannes (Sologne) and Vitry-aux-Loges (Loiret), Orleans, Paris. References to Montpellier, Nîmes and Grau-du-Roi (Gard).
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Time
Contemporary time, around the year 1936 (11+7 years after the 1918 armistice).
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The characters
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Main character
Albert Bauche. Director of a film company. Married for five years. 27 years old.
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Other characters
- Fernande Bauche, Albert's wife
- Serge Nicolas, Albert's employer.
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Adaptations
- 1987 : Le Temps d'Anaïs, épisode 1 de la série télévisée française L'Heure Simenon, adaptation signée Didier Cohen, avec Roger Souza
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See also
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