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The Gods Are Athirst
Anatole France · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Lemma.
Façon can mean manner, making or workmanship. In the song, the making is the only fee for turning a pig into a monk by adding a hood. In the kitchen, Thévenin dislikes the way Tronche has washed the dishes. The word can therefore refer to labour or a way of doing, not always social style.
Places to read
- Chapter X, paragraph 54Frenchla façon dont la Tronche avait lavé: The way Tronche had washed. Thévenin judges a practical task.
- Chapter X, paragraph 63aFrenchla façon: The making. The anti-monastic song makes the transformation comically cheap.