New edition of the 1964 text

Les Pommés de l’Orange

by Gil Dugué

Tanger, 1964. Un homme du négoce des agrumes prend la plume… et presse l’orange jusqu’au zeste.

Collection

Heritage Editions

Setting

Tangier, 1964

Illustrations

Robbie Conceptuel

Format

Paperback, 136 pages

Language

French

ISBN

979-8293244294

Published

7 October 2026

Availability

Available now

First published in Tangier in 1964, Les Pommés de l’Orange tells the story of the orange in every possible way. It begins with Genesis, where Satan becomes the first broker, and the garden of the Hesperides, then turns to a run of pastiches: a “seventh book” of Rabelais, Goethe, Musset, Gide and a Série Noire thriller.

An inventory of citrus fruits, a short history of the orange and the meetings of the Shippers’ Committee follow, before the book closes with a Small Exporter’s Manual, a mischievous dictionary and a few poems for dessert. A playful look at 1960s Morocco and the export trade, where puns grow like oranges in the sun.

This new edition keeps the 1964 text with its original spelling and wordplay. In French.