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Jules et Jim by Henri-Pierre Roche

July 13, 2021 by Merryn 1 Comment

CBR13bingo – Book Club; My local book club is reading classics this year, and our July read is Jules et Jim, the source material for the French New Wave movie Jules and Jim. The introduction and afterword of my edition of this book, and other reviews, told me that it is a celebration of a deep friendship between Jules and Jim and a love triangle where “all parties are free and equal, always loyal to one another”. That what “only counts for the three of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: book club, CBR13, cbr13bingo, French, Henri-Pierre Roche

Merryn's CBR13 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: book club, CBR13, cbr13bingo, French, Henri-Pierre Roche ·
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