It tells the story of two teenagers, Jean Tarendol and Marie Margherite, who fall in love in occupied France during World War II.

[1] Kirkus Reviews wrote: "This is a story of young love, set in war-time France, poetic, passionately written, with much of beauty -- and yet with an aura of unreality, which perhaps is intentional, in keeping with the mood of the lovers.

... An odd blend of sophistication, of Gallic outspokenness, with a simplicity, almost a naivete, makes this unique in its field.

Beautifully translated by Eithne Wilkins, the English text loses nothing of the grace of language.

The serial ran in four episodes starring Jacques Penot as Jean, Florence Pernel as Marie and Daniel Gélin as Bazalo.