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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0312424582
ISBN-13: 9780312424589
Nov 2004
Publisher: St Martins Pr
327 pages
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Language: English |
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Synopsis
Two years after the World War I has ended, the fiancé of a French soldier reported "killed in the line of duty" decides to investigate his death, suspecting he may still be alive. Winner of the 1991 Prix Interallié when it was published in France.
| Size | | Length: | 327 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 11.2 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "Once upon a time, there were five French soldiers who had gone off to war, because that's the way of the world."
Industry Reviews
"It is a kind of latter-day 'War and Peace'....This is a book that is many things: a war story, a story of official corruption, an idyll of young summer love, and a rich and most original panorama of French men and women living in peace and robbed of it. Finally, giving it all an intent energy, it is a hybrid of the detective story and the classical quest."
San Francisco Chronicle Book Review - Richard Eder
"Diabolically clever...the reader is alternately impressed, beguiled, frightened, bewildered...A considerable achievement."
Spectator - Anita Brookner
"A classic mystery...Only the best historical fiction can make the journey into a distant time and return with a believable sense of how things really were."
Washington Post Book World - Paul Watkins
"Magical...Japrisot has a narrative style that reminds one of Flaubert...A powerhouse novel with an unforgettable character at its core."
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