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Gallimard, 1933 - 303 páginas
The story is divided into seventeen chapters and is written using the third person narrative mode; interspersed between them are a number of interludes all entitled "The Observations of the Green Mare" which are written as first person narratives. These two different narrative modes used throughout the book allow the reader to observe the characters and situations from slightly different perspectives. The novel is essentially an examination of the sexual mores and behaviors of the members of a small 19th century French village some time shortly following the Franco-Prussian War. The plot concerns a feud that has taken place for generations between the Hadouin and Maloret families, and a missing letter that contains revealing secrets relating to the conflict. The green mare of the title is in fact a magical painting of an unusually-colored horse owned by one of the Hadouins that has somehow been imbued with an observing consciousness by the artist who painted it

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Sección 1
7
Sección 2
30
Sección 3
45
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Acerca del autor (1933)

Marcel Ayme was one of France's leading humorous writers. He was an insurance broker, bricklayer, journalist, salesman, and then-after 1938-a prolific author. His works are imbued with a sense of the ridiculous, counterbalanced by a satirical eye directed toward all forms of snobbishness or pretension. Ayme's early works were novels including The Green Mare (1933), but during World War II he broadened his range to include the essay and theater. His plays have been hits on the Parisian stage since 1945. His last play La Convention Belzebir (1967), in which permits to kill are sold for large sums, satirizes the absurdities of our world.

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