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Philippe Claudel
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication date
June 13, 2006
Pages
208
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Italian edition
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781400042807
ISBN-10
1400042801
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$23.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
As the First World War ravages Europe, the daily life of a small French town near the front is little disturbed by the war, until the deaths of three innocents--a charming schoolmistress who takes her own life, the wife of a local police officer who dies in childbirth, and a young girl, found murdered--turns the town upside down 20,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: As the First World War rages on, the daily life of a small town near the front is hardly disturbed by the report of artillery fire and the parade of wounded in its streets. But within the space of a year, this illusion of ordinary days is shattered by the deaths of three innocentsâa charming schoolmistress from âthe north,â who captured every male heart only to take her own life without apparent reason; an angelic eight-year-old girl, who is strangled, her body abandoned by the canal; and the cherished wife of the local policeman, who dies in labor while her husband is hunting the little girlâs murderer.
Twenty years on, the policeman still struggles to make sense of these mysteries that both torment and sustain him. In the pages of his notebooks he continuallyâdesperately, obsessivelyâsummons up the past and its ghosts. But excavating the townâs secret history will bring neither peace to him nor justice to the wicked. And as his solitary detective work continues on these long-closed cases, we come to see that his efforts can lead only to an unimaginable widening of the tragedy.
In the policemanâs simple, plangent voice--full of unflinching scrutiny and the compassion of weary experience--Philippe Claudel gives us a tale of galvanizing suspense and an indelible meditation on morality.
Twenty years on, the policeman still struggles to make sense of these mysteries that both torment and sustain him. In the pages of his notebooks he continuallyâdesperately, obsessivelyâsummons up the past and its ghosts. But excavating the townâs secret history will bring neither peace to him nor justice to the wicked. And as his solitary detective work continues on these long-closed cases, we come to see that his efforts can lead only to an unimaginable widening of the tragedy.
In the policemanâs simple, plangent voice--full of unflinching scrutiny and the compassion of weary experience--Philippe Claudel gives us a tale of galvanizing suspense and an indelible meditation on morality.
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Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
Italian edition edition from Alfred a Knopf Inc (June 13, 2006)
9781400042807 | details & prices | 208 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $23.00
About: As the First World War ravages Europe, the daily life of a small French town near the front is little disturbed by the war, until the deaths of three innocents--a charming schoolmistress who takes her own life, the wife of a local police officer who diesin childbirth, and a young girl, found murdered--turn the town upside down.
About: As the First World War ravages Europe, the daily life of a small French town near the front is little disturbed by the war, until the deaths of three innocents--a charming schoolmistress who takes her own life, the wife of a local police officer who diesin childbirth, and a young girl, found murdered--turn the town upside down.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Anchor Books (June 12, 2007)
9781400078011 | details & prices | 194 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $15.00
About: As the First World War ravages Europe, the daily life of a small French town near the front is little disturbed by the war, until the deaths of three innocents--a charming schoolmistress who takes her own life, the wife of a local police officer who dies in childbirth, and a young girl, found murdered--turn the town upside down Reprint.
About: As the First World War ravages Europe, the daily life of a small French town near the front is little disturbed by the war, until the deaths of three innocents--a charming schoolmistress who takes her own life, the wife of a local police officer who dies in childbirth, and a young girl, found murdered--turn the town upside down Reprint.
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