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Her works
Published between 1940 and 1986, her works relate the profound changes in the status of women and relations between the sexes, as well as the taboos and constraints affecting ordinary people.
Correspondence
Epistolary exchanges between Alice Rivaz and renowned literary writers of her time.
Creuser des puits dans le désert. Lettres à Jean-Claude Fontanet
As the correspondence between Alice Rivaz and Jean-Claude Fontanet illustrates so well, friendship is more a matter of encouragement than confiding in one another, about constant trust rather than frequent contact.
Les Enveloppes bleues. Correspondance 1944-1951
A famous author was amazed by a short story written by a woman and so sent her his congratulations. She wrote back.
Pourquoi serions-nous heureux? Correspondance 1945-1982
A poet and a novelist living in the same neighbourhood, with similar discernment and mutual admiration binding them, forged profuse correspondence and a long friendship.