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Hoyt Rogers (trans) and
Philippe Claudel
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Anchor Books
Publication date
June 12, 2007
Pages
194
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781400078011
ISBN-10
1400078016
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Original list price
$15.00
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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--turn the town upside down Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A bestseller in France and winner of the Prix Renaudot, By a Slow River is a mesmerizing and atmospheric tale of three mysterious deaths in an oddly isolated French village during World War I.The placid daily life of a small town near the front seems impervious to the nearby pounding of artillery fire and the parade of wounded strangers passing through its streets. But the illusion of calm is soon shattered by the deaths of three innocentsâthe charming new schoolmistress who captures every male heart only to kill herself; an angelic ten-year-old girl who is found strangled; and a local policemanâs cherished wife, who dies alone in labor while her husband is hunting the murderer. Twenty years later, the policeman still struggles to make sense of these tragedies, a struggle that both torments and sustains him. But excavating the town's secret history will bring neither peace to him nor justice to the wicked.
Editions
Hardcover
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
The price comparison is for this edition
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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