Abstract

In this article the author examines beekeepers in times of war in the novels of Norbert Scheuer, Christy Lefteri and Yamen Manaï. A complex character, a solitary and marginal figure, the beekeeper contrasts the cruelty and hatred of mankind, whether it be the destructive madness of the Nazis or the hypocritical terrorism of the Muslim brothers, with the resilience of the beekeeper to whom the bees give security and serenity. Thus the tender and poetic portrait of the beekeeper serves as a political allegory and a lesson in tolerance.

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