The Hollow Field

The Hollow Field (French: La Table aux crevés) is a 1929 novel by the French writer Marcel Aymé.

It tells the story of the rivalry between two farming villages, Cantagrel and Cessigney, which is triggered after a failed attempt at tobacco smuggling.

An English translation by Helen Waddell was published in 1933.

[1] The novel received the Prix Renaudot.

[2] It was adapted into the 1951 film The Village Feud [fr], directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Fernandel, Maria Mauban and Fernand Sardou.