Its commercial success led to him being offered a job as a critic for the Communist literary magazine Les Lettres françaises, edited by Louis Aragon. He was sent by the magazine to the Soviet Union to report on the literary scene there.
Due to his commercial success, he received an offer to become a critic for the Communist magazine "Les Lettres françaises," edited by Louis Aragon. The magazine sent him to the Soviet Union to assess the country's literary landscape.