His works include the novels "Antoine Bloye" (1933), "Le Cheval de Troie" ["The Trojan Horse"] and "La Conspiration" ["The Conspiracy"] (1938), as well as the essays "Les Chiens de garde" ["The Watchdogs"] (1932) and "Aden Arabie" (1931), which introduced him to a new audience when it was republished in 1960 with a foreword by Sartre. In particular, the opening sentence "I was twenty, I won't let anyone say those are the best years of your life" ("J’avais vingt ans. Je ne laisserai personne dire que c’est le plus bel âge de la vie.") became one of the most influential slogans of student protest during May '68.