The Flanders Road - Couverture souple

Simon, Claude

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0714539945 ISBN 13 : 9780714539942

Editeur : Calder Publications Ltd, 1985

Synopsis

Book by Simon Claude

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

During the German advance through Belgium into France in 1940, Captain de Reixach is shot dead by a sniper. Three witnesses, involved with him during his lifetime in different capacities - a distant relative, an orderly and a jockey who had an affair with his wife - remember him and help the reader piece together the realities behind the man and his death. A groundbreaking work, for which Claude Simon devised a prose technique mimicking the mind's flexible thought processes, "The Flanders Road" is not only a masterpiece of stylistic innovation, but also a haunting portrayal - based on a real-life incident - of the chaos and savagery of war.

Biographie de l'auteur

Born in Madagascar and raised in France, Claude Simon (1913-2005) served in the French Resistance during the Second World War and went on to become one of the leading exponents of the Nouveau Roman, a 1950s movement advocating formal experimentation in fiction. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1985.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Calder Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1985
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0714539945
• ISBN 13: 9780714539942
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 231
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible