- French fiction
The placid daily life of a small town near the front during World War I 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 innocents.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Philippe Claudel
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 284
- Publisher
- Stock, Rowohlt, Editions Stock
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- German, French
- ISBN
- 9782234056039
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