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.
His commercial success resulted in him being offered a position as a literary critic for the Communist magazine Les Lettres françaises, edited by Louis Aragon. He was dispatched by the magazine to the Soviet Union to report on the literary scene there.