« Des hirondelles de muraille à col roussâtre réapparurent enfin parmi les ruines. » Les animaux de Léon Bocquet

Léon Bocquet’s immersion in regionalism goes along with an evident interest in the North, his region of origin. Within the rural microcosm of his 1924 novel, animals appear: animals rigorously and precisely described, animals used as panaceas in medicine; animals of every kind abound in Le Fardeau des jours. This contribution draws upon the novel to examine the intellectual vibrancy of the 1920s.