Troyat was a French author, biographer, historian and novelist.
Troyat was born Levon Aslan Torossian in Moscow to parents of Armenian descent. His family fled Russia in anticipation of the revolution. After a long exodus taking them to the Caucasus on to Crimea and later by sea to Constantinople and then Venice, the family finally settled in Paris in 1920, where young Troyat was schooled and later earned a law degree. The stirring and tragic events of this flight across half of Europe are vividly recounted by Troyat in 'Tant que la terre durera'.
Troyat received his first literary award, Le prix du roman populaire, at the age of twenty-four, and by twenty-seven, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt.
Troyat published more than 100 books, novels and biographies, among them those of Anton Chekhov, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy.
Troyat's best-known work is La neige en deuil, which was adapted as an English-language film in 1956 under the title The Mountain.
He was elected as a member of the Acad茅mie fran莽aise in 1959. At the time of his death, Troyat was the longest serving member of the Academy.
The characters are people with flaws and qualities, like everyone else! This period of history that I know pretty poorly is perfect for learning new things. It's also exciting, at this moment in history that we are living through, to better discover the Russian soul and all the suffering of a people: the lack of freedom, serfdom, and lack of education. But also the will to survive, rebel, learn, and educate oneself. At first, I thought it would be an old-fashioned style and difficult to read, but not at all. It's easy to read. It's clear, simple and attractive.
Henri Troyat [1911-2007] scrittore e storico francese, autore di numerosi saggi e di molti romanzi di grande successo, 猫 poco letto attualmente in Italia perch茅 anche nelle librerie pi霉 frequentate si potr脿 trovare tutt鈥檃l pi霉 una copia in giacenza delle sue note biografie della zarina Caterina la grande o dello Zar Nicola I mentre i suoi romanzi sono del tutto obsoleti, pressoch茅 dimenticati e non pi霉 ristampati. Ho voluto intraprendere la conoscenza di questo autore leggendo questo 鈥淟a Compagnia del Fiore Rosso鈥� primo di quattro romanzi di una saga storica scritta da Troyat tra il 1959 e il 1962, ambientata in Russia dalla fine dell鈥檌mpero napoleonico ai successivi anni che videro lo sbocciare nell鈥檌mpero russo tentativi di organizzare societ脿 segrete capeggiate da giovani ufficiali reduci dalle campagne di guerra contro Napoleone, i quali avevano assaporato e apprezzato lo spirito indipendente e rivoluzionario dei Francesi e speravano di ottenere dallo zar leggi pi霉 umane e un indirizzo pi霉 democratico del suo governo ma che si conclusero con repressioni e deportazioni. Questo primo libro 猫 stato una lettura spedita e piacevole, una trama ben congegnata ma 猫 presto per tirare affrettate conclusioni visto che ci sono altri tre libri prima di poter avere una visione precisa e completa dell鈥檕pera, ma se il buongiorno si vede dal mattino鈥�
J'ai entendu parler de ce livre dans la m茅moire (Mon pays r茅invent茅) d'un de mes auteurs pr茅f茅r茅s, Isabel Allende. Depuis ce temps j'ai voulu lire ce livre et cette s茅rie que j'ai enfin trouv茅 dans notre biblioth猫que locale. Stationn茅 脿 Paris le jeune soldat russe, Nicoas Ozareff , rencontre et tomble amoureux de Sophie de Champlitte, veuve et fille d'une famille bourgeoise parisienne, Mais Ozareff devra surmonter plusieurs obstacles s'il va arriver 脿 gagner d'abord le c艙ur et ensuite la main de la jeune fille. Une histoire qui r茅v猫le les tensions politiques 脿 Paris au d茅but du 18e si猫cle. Personnellement, je trouve quelques faiblesses dans la personne d Nicolas qui g芒chent ce livre.
I have read Russian translation of Henri Troyat鈥檚 book. Henri Troyat鈥檚 big novel consist of two volumes called 小胁械褌 袩褉邪胁械写薪褘褏 (Way of the Righteous) , volume 1 is called 袛械泻邪斜褉懈褋褌褘 (Decembrist) and consists of 3 books and are as follows: Book 1- 袠蟹 屑褘褋谢懈 胁芯蟹谐芯褉懈褌褋褟 锌谢邪屑褟 (The Thought Will Spark the Fire) (La lumi猫re des justes #1)
Book 2- 袘邪褉褘薪褟 (The Lady) (La lumi猫re des justes #2)
Book 3- 小谢邪胁邪 锌芯斜械卸写械薪薪褘屑 (Glory of the Defeated) (La lumi猫re des justes #3)
Volume 2 is called 袛械泻邪斜褉懈褋褌泻懈 (Women Decembrist) and consists of two books :
Book 4 - 袧邪 泻邪褌芯褉谐械 (In Exile) (La lumi猫re des justes #4)
Book 5 小芯褎懈, 懈谢懈 肖懈薪邪谢 斜懈褌胁褘 (Sophie or The End of the Battle) (La lumi猫re des justes #5)
Way of the Righteous considered by many Troyat鈥檚 most fundamental work, a historical fiction telling the story of Revolt of December 14th 1825, covering times from 1814 to the Decembrist exile. The story is told from the point of views of the Russian officer Nikolay Ozarev and his French wife Sophie.
On est loin du rythme des romans modernes, surtout des romans anglo-saxons. Cela beau avoir 茅t茅 茅crit dans les ann茅es 50, on dirait un roman 茅crit un si猫cle plus t么t tellement c鈥檈st lent et culcul. Ceci dit cela s鈥檃m茅liore un peu sur la fin avec le conflit qui oppose le jeune lieutenant a son P猫re. C鈥檈st le d茅but d鈥檜ne saga mais je ne pense pas que je lirai les autres tomes.