Bernard CLAVEL (1923-2010). L.A.S., Villeneuve-sur-Yonne September 22, 1976, to Abbé Casy-Rivière; 2 pages in-4, envelope. He has just returned from Switzerland, where he went to embrace a newborn grandson: "The wonder of wonders that happens in all innocence in this world of violence and absurdity. May God preserve this wonder and millions of others from the folly of men! Yes, I'll be thinking of you and praying that this terrible ordeal you're going through will leave you as I imagine you. [...] Hervé Bazin, who had a detached retina, has regained perfect vision. [...] I'm sending you L'Espagnol (novel published in 1959) and enclosing a little book which should interest you. Take heart"...