Viper in the Fist (French Vipère au Poing) is a novel by Hervé Bazin.
It is the first and best known of a trilogy, the rest being La Mort du Petit Cheval and Le Cri de la Chouette. These three novels are largely autobiographical.
When published in 1948, Vipère au Poing was an immense success and also the cause of a considerable scandal. It is nowadays considered a classical novel in France, given to students in highschool to read.
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“Her fist of a face died clenched on a round pain;
And sculptured Ann is seventy years of stone.
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—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)