PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Voždová, Marie
TI  - The Auvergne through the eyes of a Parisian or a tribute to the author's native country
DP  - 2016 Jun 1
TA  - Romanica Olomucensia
PG  - 107--114
VI  - 28
IP  - 1
AID - 10.5507/ro.2016.011
IS  - 18034136
AB  - The article focuses on the analysis of opposite motifs, the countryside and the city, in a prosaic universe, particularly in the novel Les Pays by Marie Hélène Lafon, a contemporary French writer, a native of the Auvergne and living in Paris, whose works contain autobiographical elements. In her fiction, the author constantly mixes two spatiotemporal levels: the turbulent life of the capital city is confronted with the peaceful existence of a farm in the mountains. The interest is concentrated on the principal figure, Claire, who has to choose between the two worlds and live her life.