Le Perce-Oreille du Luxembourg

…somewhat the tragic introspection of Le Perce-Oreille du Luxembourg (1928; “The Earwig of Luxembourg”). His later autobiographical writing includes Le Neveu de Mlle Autorité (1930; “The Nephew of Miss Authority”) and Des vivants et des morts (1930; “The Living and the Dead”). Simple yet rich language marks his posthumous works,…