"In 1941, during the German occupation of France, the then relatively unknown writers Jean Bruller and Pierre de Lescure came together to edit, publish and distribute a book called Le Silence de la mer (The Silence of the Sea). The story centred on two family members who refuse to speak to the officer occupying their house - their way of maintaining control of a tense dynamic and a rejoinder to the Nazi propaganda campaigns and newspaper censorship widespread in France at the time."
"They used silence as a weapon against the officer - a former composer and closeted pacifist - just as the Nazis had on them. Soon after, and as Silence hit a nerve in an environment of muzzled media, more books flooded out of the pair: Le Cahier Noir (The Black Notebook) a non-fiction essay by François Mauriac on the French Resistance and Germany's colonial tyranny;"
In 1941, Jean Bruller and Pierre de Lescure edited, published and distributed Le Silence de la mer during the German occupation of France. The narrative centers on two family members who refuse to speak to the occupying officer, using silence as a weapon and a rejoinder to Nazi propaganda and censorship. That success prompted further clandestine releases on Les Éditions de Minuit, including essays, poems and pulped newspaper cuttings that symbolized wider social resistance. Those books innovated storytelling styles and helped incubate movements like literary surrealism. Jacques Testard experienced a similar awakening with books released through Fitzcarraldo Editions between 2015 and 2018.
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