''The Man on Horseback'' () is a 1943 novel by the French writer
Pierre Drieu la Rochelle
Pierre Eugène Drieu La Rochelle (; 3 January 1893 – 15 March 1945) was a French writer of novels, short stories and political essays. He was born, lived and died in Paris. Drieu La Rochelle became a proponent of French fascism in the 1930s, ...
. It is set in Bolivia and tells the story of a dictator who tries to create an empire. The novel explores the author's ideas about political momentum and its origins. The allegorical narrative, complex plot and romantic verve make the novel stand out from Drieu's previous works, which are written in a realistic style and largely autobiographical.
Publication
The first edition of ''The Man on Horseback'' was published in March 1943 and the second in July the same year.
An English translation by Thomas M. Hines was published in 1978.
See also
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Dictator novel
The dictator novel ( es, novela del dictador) is a genre of Latin American literature that challenges the role of the dictator in Latin American society. The theme of '' caudillismo''—the régime of a charismatic ''caudillo'', a political stron ...
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Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles.
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1943 French novels
Dictator novels
French-language novels
Novels by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
Novels set in Bolivia
Éditions Gallimard books
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