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	'''''Le Chemin des écoliers''''' (1946), literally "The Way of the Schoolboys," but translated as '''''The Transient Hour''''', is a [[novel]] by French writer [[Marcel Aymé]]<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Brodin \|first=Dorothy R. \|url=http://archive.org/details/marcelayme0000unse_o2i6 \|title=Marcel Aymé \|date=1968 \|publisher=New York, Columbia University Press \|others=Internet Archive \|isbn=978-0-231-03128-8}}</ref> that takes place during [[Paris in World War II\|the German occupation of Paris]]. It is the second book in a trilogy which covers the [[History of France#Interwar years: Foreign policy and Great Depression\|pre-war]], [[History of France#World War II\|war]], and [[History of France#Since 1945\|post-war]] periods in France. The first is '''''[[Travelingue]]''''' (1948), set in the time of the [[Front Populaire]]; the third book, '''''[[Uranus (novel)\|Uranus]]''''', focuses on post war France and the [[Épuration légale\|purge]]: the social cleansing which sought to discipline collaborators.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Lord \|first=Graham \|url=http://archive.org/details/shortstoriesofma0000lord \|title=The short stories of Marcel Aymé \|date=1980 \|publisher=Nedlands : University of Western Australia Press \|others=Internet Archive \|isbn=978-0-85564-180-1}}</ref>		'''''Le Chemin des écoliers''''' (1946), literally "The Way of the Schoolboys," but translated as '''''The Transient Hour''''', is a [[novel]] by French writer [[Marcel Aymé]]<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Brodin \|first=Dorothy R. \|url=http://archive.org/details/marcelayme0000unse_o2i6 \|title=Marcel Aymé \|date=1968 \|publisher=New York, Columbia University Press \|others=Internet Archive \|isbn=978-0-231-03128-8}}</ref> that takes place during [[Paris in World War II\|the German occupation of Paris]]. It is the second book in a trilogy which covers the [[History of France#Interwar years: Foreign policy and Great Depression\|pre-war]], [[History of France#World War II\|war]], and [[History of France#Since 1945\|post-war]] periods in France. The first is '''''[[Travelingue]]''''' (1948), set in the time of the [[Front Populaire]]; the third book, '''''[[Uranus (novel)\|Uranus]]''''', focuses on post war France and the [[Épuration légale\|purge]]: the social cleansing which sought to discipline collaborators.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Lord \|first=Graham \|url=http://archive.org/details/shortstoriesofma0000lord \|title=The short stories of Marcel Aymé \|date=1980 \|publisher=Nedlands : University of Western Australia Press \|others=Internet Archive \|isbn=978-0-85564-180-1}}</ref>

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{{Short description|Novel by Marcel Aymé}}
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{{more citations needed|date=October 2021}}

'''''Le Chemin des écoliers''''' (1946), literally "The Way of the Schoolboys," but translated as '''''The Transient Hour''''', is a [[novel]] by French writer [[Marcel Aymé]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brodin |first=Dorothy R. |url=http://archive.org/details/marcelayme0000unse_o2i6 |title=Marcel Aymé |date=1968 |publisher=New York, Columbia University Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-231-03128-8}}</ref> that takes place during [[Paris in World War II|the German occupation of Paris]]. It is the second book in a trilogy which covers the [[History of France#Interwar years: Foreign policy and Great Depression|pre-war]], [[History of France#World War II|war]], and [[History of France#Since 1945|post-war]] periods in France. The first is '''''[[Travelingue]]''''' (1948), set in the time of the [[Front Populaire]]; the third book, '''''[[Uranus (novel)|Uranus]]''''', focuses on post war France and the [[Épuration légale|purge]]: the social cleansing which sought to discipline collaborators.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lord |first=Graham |url=http://archive.org/details/shortstoriesofma0000lord |title=The short stories of Marcel Aymé |date=1980 |publisher=Nedlands : University of Western Australia Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-85564-180-1}}</ref>

== Plot introduction ==
Pierre Michaud is a tender, scrupulous man, who clings to outdated conceptions of the world. His sons, Frédéric and Antoine, unwittingly teach him how to live again by forcing him to accept more current notions of reality. The novel presents a wide range of characters whose behaviors range from refusal to compromise with the occupier to total [[collaboration]] with the Germans. As their father becomes increasingly more corrupt, Frédéric and Antoine distribute anti-Nazi leaflets and profit from the [[black market]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcel Aymé Le Chemin des écoliers |url=https://www.marcelayme.net/marcel_ayme/oeuvre/romans/le_chemin_des_ecoliers/le_chemin.html |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=www.marcelayme.net}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Aymé|first=Marcel|title=The Transient Hour|publisher=Bodley Head|year=1948|location=London|language=English|translator-last=Sutton|translator-first=Eric}}</ref>

== English translation ==
''Le Chemin des écoliers'' has been translated into English as ''The Transient Hour'' by Eric Sutton for the [[Bodley Head]] in 1948.<ref name=":1" />

== Film adaptation ==
The book was [[Way of Youth|filmed]] in 1959 by [[Michel Boisrond]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Boisrond |first=Michel |title=Le chemin des écoliers |date=1959-09-23 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052690/ |type=Drama |publisher=Société de Productions Cinématographiques Européennes, Franco London Films, Mondex Films |access-date=2022-04-11}}</ref>

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