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Philippe Claudel and
John Cullen (trans)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Anchor Books
Publication date
July 13, 2010
Pages
313
Binding
Paperback
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780307390752
ISBN-10
0307390756
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Original list price
$16.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A powerful and moving novel about the ravages war and the need to tell the truth, even in the face of adversity.
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After the close of a great war, a mysterious stranger arrives in a small European village. He is an artist and he begins sketching the villagers, showing the painful reality of the crimes and betrayals the war left in its wake. Consumed by distrust, the villagers conspire and murder him. The authorities commission Brodeck, a timid, low-level bureaucrat, to write a report that essentially whitewashes the incident. Brodeck agrees to write the official account, but he simultaneously sets down his version of the incident in a parallel narrative, which interweaves his own horrific experiences as a prisoner of war, the truth about the strangerâs disappearance, and the dark secrets the villagers have fought fiercely to keep hidden.
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After the close of a great war, a mysterious stranger arrives in a small European village. He is an artist and he begins sketching the villagers, showing the painful reality of the crimes and betrayals the war left in its wake. Consumed by distrust, the villagers conspire and murder him. The authorities commission Brodeck, a timid, low-level bureaucrat, to write a report that essentially whitewashes the incident. Brodeck agrees to write the official account, but he simultaneously sets down his version of the incident in a parallel narrative, which interweaves his own horrific experiences as a prisoner of war, the truth about the strangerâs disappearance, and the dark secrets the villagers have fought fiercely to keep hidden.
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With Philippe Claudel |
1 edition from Anchor Books (July 13, 2010)
9780307390752 | details & prices | 313 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.95
About: A powerful and moving novel about the ravages war and the need to tell the truth, even in the face of adversity.
About: A powerful and moving novel about the ravages war and the need to tell the truth, even in the face of adversity.
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