Author | Georges Simenon |
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Original title | Feux rouges |
Translator | Norman Denny |
Language | French |
Genre | Roman dur |
Publisher | Presses de la Cite |
Publication date | 1953 |
Media type | |
Pages | 154 (NYRB) |
Feux rouges (Red Lights) is the title of a short novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It is one of the author's roman durs or "hard novels".
The novel is divided into eight chapters, and is written using the third-person narrative mode. In the story, set in north-eastern United States, a couple's road trip to fetch their children from summer camp becomes a nightmare for each of them.