Le Temps de la longue patience

Michel Robida (1909–1991) was a French journalist and writer known for his novels depicting French life and history, most notably Le Temps de la longue patience (1946), which won the Prix Femina, as well as awards from the Académie française including the Prix Narcisse Michaut (1946) and Prix Louis-Paul Miller (1956). Born in Paris, he authored works such as Botemry (1945), La Balle et le Lièvre (1951), and Ces bourgeois de Paris (1955), blending personal and historical narratives. French