The Sunday of Life (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)

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Valentin Brû (vah-lah[n]- TA[N] brew), an army private. Valentin is a very average young man whose real desire in life is to be a street sweeper. He allows himself to be courted by the middle-aged Julia and goes into shopkeeping when he marries her. They move to Paris, where Valentin runs a picture frame shop. He finds success when, disguised as a woman, he becomes a fortune-teller. He is drafted again as World War II approaches. The novel’s last image presents him at a train station helping girls and young women into the crowded train and fondling them...

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