Marcel - Couverture souple

Mortier, Erwin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1860468748 ISBN 13 : 9781860468742

Editeur : The Harvill Press, 2001

Synopsis

A novel about a child's growing awareness of the secret at the heart of his family. A ten-year old boy lives alone with his grandmother in a Flemish village. Among the photographs his grandmother cherishes is a portrait of Marcel, who died young, far away. How did he die? The little boy is determined to find out. When he finds letters from Marcel in the attic, he decides to take them to school. He points excitedly to the letterhead - an eagle holding something in its claws. As his fellow pupils fall silent, the teacher explains that the symbol is a swastika. Undeterred, the boy decides that he must discover what became of Marcel. Marcel is a sympathetic, often hilarious exploration of hidden pasts, of pride and shame - of the burden of guilt borne by so many in post-war Europe.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Erwin Mortier was born in 1965. He is an art historian, attached to the Belgian museum Dr. Guislain in Ghent. He has worked for the Belgian newspaper De Morgen and the Belgian Radio Broadcasting Corporation. His second novel has just been published in Holland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Harvill Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1860468748
• ISBN 13: 9781860468742
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 119
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• Personne responsable: non disponible