A Very Long Engagement - Couverture souple

Japrisot, Sebastien

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0452272971 ISBN 13 : 9780452272972

Editeur : Penguin, 1994

Synopsis

Book by Japrisot Sebastien

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

During the First World War five French soldiers, accused of a cowardly attempt to evade duty, are bundled into no-man's land and certain death. Five bodies are later recovered, the families are notified that the men died in the line of duty and the whole, distasteful incident appears closed. After the war the fiance of one of the men receives a letter which hints at what might have happened. Mathilde Donnay determines to discover the fate of her beloved amid the carnage of battle. A Very Long Engagement turns into an unusual and engrossing thriller as she discovers an increasing number of people trying to put her off the scent. Japrisot's achievement is to have written a novel that is both a suspenseful thriller and one which transforms a single small incident into the epitome of all wartime atrocities. The denouement, when it finally happens, is moving and horribly convincing.

Revue de presse

"The narrative is brilliantly complex and beguiling, and the climax devastating" (Independent)

"Clever, highly readable... Neither predictable nor surprising, the dénouement, when it finally happens, is shocking, moving and horribly convincing" (Literary Review)

"A classic of its kind, brewing up enormous pathos undiluted by sentimentality" (Daily Telegraph)

"A fierce, elliptical novel that's both a gripping philosophical thriller and a highly moving meditation on the emotion consequences of war" (New York Times)

"Only the best historical fiction can make the journey into a distant time and return with a believable sense of how things really were. That Japrisot's book has done so is a mark of his great talent and experience as a writer" (Washington Post)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0452272971
• ISBN 13: 9780452272972
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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