Guy walking out of the wall
May 1st, 2006, 08:33 AM
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Guy walking out of the wall
My wife and I visited Paris for the first time together last year. In the Montmarte district, near Van Gogh's residence, I think, there is a statue of a man walking out of a wall. The story associated with this statue is that there was a fiction novel about someone who could be invisible and walk through walls, it is a funny novel from what I gather. Can anyone tell me who the author was that inspired that wall statue. Thanks
May 1st, 2006, 08:40 AM
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well done Anthony, too fast for me! ;-)
http://www.phan-ngoc.com/fred/paris/html/passemur.html
http://www.paris-on-line.com/album/fot_29.htm
http://www.phan-ngoc.com/fred/paris/html/passemur.html
http://www.paris-on-line.com/album/fot_29.htm
May 1st, 2006, 08:45 AM
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I believe this is the link:
http://www.stresscafe.com/translations/pm/index.htm
http://www.stresscafe.com/translations/pm/index.htm
May 1st, 2006, 09:17 AM
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No, he wasn't shot, and Anthony, it was not a novel but a short story.
Another note on Marais. He was a painter all his life and actually became an actor after someone in the business bought one of his paintings. He took up sculpture in the 70s after 60 years work on stage and screen.
Another note on Marais. He was a painter all his life and actually became an actor after someone in the business bought one of his paintings. He took up sculpture in the 70s after 60 years work on stage and screen.
May 4th, 2006, 06:40 AM
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The very nice translation by Karen Reshkin, at the link provided by P Texas, is only 13 pages long (in the PDF version). I think the confusion probably comes from Ayme publishing both the short story and a collection of short stories under the same title.
I'm very pleased to know about both the sculpture and the story, and will plan to look out for the man in the wall when walking around Montmartre.
I'm very pleased to know about both the sculpture and the story, and will plan to look out for the man in the wall when walking around Montmartre.
May 4th, 2006, 07:25 AM
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Betty, if you find them I prefer the 1951 version which starred the famous French comedianMarcelle Bourvil and my favorite English actress of that time, Joan Greenwood whom I thought had the best cinematic voice. There was also (Ithink available on vid) the smash French musical, "Amour,"based on the tale with music by Michel Legrand.
May 4th, 2006, 07:56 AM
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Mimi, where did you get that Bourvil's first name was Marcel? (Marcelle is feminine)
His real name was André Zacharie Raimbourg. One of our best actors, funny and moving. He was also a singer.
http://www.paroles.net/artis/1144
I was quite little when I saw the film, a funny one!
His real name was André Zacharie Raimbourg. One of our best actors, funny and moving. He was also a singer.
http://www.paroles.net/artis/1144
I was quite little when I saw the film, a funny one!
May 4th, 2006, 08:11 AM
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That was an error from my old notes, he was known as Bourvil, and by the way, he was a close friend of Georges Brassens. I saw the film as a teen-ager when it first came out in 1951. We had an amazing theatre here a few doors down from my home at that time that showed French and English films. I watched all of Margaret Rutherford, Alec Guiness, and the Original Talented Ripley (purple noon) with Alain Delon.
May 6th, 2006, 11:02 AM
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Betty, the same title and if you want to read the story , you can buy the collected stories in a translation called "Across Paris" on line. I still have my 1957 copy and saw some of his other stories on film in collection called, "The rooftops of Paris."
