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'''''The House of Men''''' (''Maison basse'') is a novel by [[French language|French]] writer [[Marcel Aymé]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brodin |first=Dorothy |title=Marcel Aymé |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=1968 |location=New York & London |pages=47 |language=English}}</ref> that tells the story of a group of tenants living in a large, modern, and soulless [[Paris]]ian building that faces a small detached house that presents itself, by contrast, as an oasis of humanity.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Aymé|first=Marcel|title=The House of Men|publisher=The Bodley Head|year=1952|location=London|translator-last=Denny|translator-first=Norman}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Loy |first=J. Robert |date=December 1954 |title=The Reality of Marcel Aymé's World |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/381968 |journal=The French Review |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=117|jstor=381968 }}</ref><br />
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The novel was written between the autumn of 1934 and the beginning of 1935, and originally appeared as a serial in [[Marianne (journal, 1932-1940)|''Marianne'']] between 17 April and 19 June 1935 before being published by [[Gallimard]] shortly thereafter.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Marcel Aymé Maison basse|url=http://www.marcelayme.net/marcel_ayme/oeuvre/romans/maison_basse/maison.html|access-date=2021-10-18|website=www.marcelayme.net}}</ref><br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The action of the novel takes place in the [[Epinettes]] district of Paris's [[17th arrondissement]] during the 1930s, against the backdrop of an economic crisis and the seizure of power in [[Germany]] by the [[Nazis]].<ref name=":1" /><br />
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The story, punctuated by the ongoing [[suicide|suicidal]] attempts of a tenant, begins with the death of the elderly spinster who owns the building, and ends with the tragic death of a little girl who dies of fright because she dares not call for help. Everything takes place in an atmosphere of indifference and hostility between the tenants; only the small, low house presents itself as an oasis of humanity.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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==English translations==<br />
''Maison basse'' has been translated into English once as ''The House of Men'' by [[Norman Denny]] for [[The Bodley Head]] in 1952.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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