''The Margin'' (French: ''La Marge'') is a novel by

André Pieyre de Mandiargues André Pieyre de Mandiargues (14 March 1909 – 13 December 1991) was a French writer born in Paris. He became an associate of the Surrealists and married the Italian painter Bona Tibertelli de Pisis (a niece of the Italian metaphysical pain ...

published in 1967, which won the

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...

the same year. It was first published in the UK as ''The Margin'' in 1970, translated by R. Howard. The novel was adapted to film in 1976 directed by

Walerian Borowczyk Walerian Borowczyk (21 October 1923 – 3 February 2006) was an internationally known Polish film director described by film critics as a 'genius who also happened to be a pornographer'. He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. Borowczyk sett ...

as ''La Marge'', internationally as ''The Margin'' and in the UK as ''The Streetwalker''.The New York Times
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Editions

*''La Marge'',

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. Founded by Ga ...

, Paris, 1967. *''The Margin'', J Calder (January 29, 1970).

References

1967 French novels French novels adapted into films Prix Goncourt winning works Éditions Gallimard books {{1960s-novel-stub