The Safety Matches

Summary

The Safety Matches (French title: Les Allumettes suédoises), also translated under the title The Match Boy, is a novel by Robert Sabatier, published in 1969 by Albin Michel and translated into English by Patsy Southgate in 1972.[1][2]

The Safety Matches
First edition (French)
AuthorRobert Sabatier
Original titleLes Allumettes suédoises
TranslatorPatsy Southgate
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
PublisherAlbin Michel
Publication date
1969
Published in English
1972
ISBN0-525-19595-5

It is the first volume of an autobiographical series whose main character is a boy named Olivier.

An immediate best-seller, the book was adapted for French TV by Jacques Ertaud in 1995.

References edit

  1. ^ Catalogue entry of the American edition, National Library of Australia. Accessed 14 July 2013
  2. ^ Catalogue entry of the British edition, National Library of Australia. Accessed 14 July 2013