The full title of Michel Pérec’s novel Les Choses : Une histoire des années soixante is the perfect illustration of the mutations the French society was experiencing between 1958 and 1968 : ‘the Yé-yé years’, the development of consumerism, the birth of the ‘new executive’… But did these changes coincide with the General de Gaulle’s ambitions for the country?
Les Choses is a novel published by Michel Pérec in 1965 (Julliard), winner of the Prix Renaudot the same year.
Talk in French (advanced level) by Patrick Landri
90 mins
Members: £5 / Non members: £8
Image: The first supermarket in France, 1958.