1939 French novels

1939 French novel by Marguerite Yourcenar

short story by Jean-Paul Sartre

novel by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle

Tropisms ( ) is an experimental novel by Nathalie Sarraute, first published in 1939. It is considered a forerunner of the Nouveau Roman. Jean Genet, Marguerite Duras and Jean-Paul Sartre all described it as a masterpiece.

1940 novel by Irène Némirovsky

1939 novel by Maurice Leblanc