Brodeck's Report: WINNER OF THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE - Couverture rigide

Claudel, Philippe

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9781906694043: Brodeck's Report: WINNER OF THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE

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ISBN 10 : 1906694044 ISBN 13 : 9781906694043

Editeur : Quercus, 2009

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Revue de presse :

A haunting study of isolated communities and the potential for violence lurking in them ... a superb example of Philippe Claudel's work' Mail on Sunday. (Mail on Sunday)

There are dark shades of Kafka, Camus, and Primo Levi but Claudel's lyricism evokes the deliciousness of life even as he plumbs the depths of intolerance and evil' Financial Times. (Financial Times)

Simply and lucidly composed, splendidly constructed, Brodeck's Report is a magnificent book ... above all, on the question of otherness - Le Monde (Le Monde)

A superb novel, equal parts Kafkaesque disorientation, Primo Levi's devastating account's of the killing camps, Italo Calvino's post-modern playfulness and Jean Genet's unflinching eye for the sewers through which the blood of our histories must flow' Sunday Business Post. (Sunday Business Post)

...an original, brilliant and disturbing book ... It is a relentless, uncomfortable book that achieves a beauty of its own through Claudel's deft writing and passionate commitment to truth. Claudel is a novelist of ideas, in the French tradition. He deals skillfully in archetypes and abstractions ... a journey that goes to the heart of what it means to be human - The Times. (The Times)

Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010

A murder investigation in post-war France becomes an exploration of the legacy of German occupation.

From his village in post-war France, Brodeck makes his solitary journeys into the mountains to collect data on the natural environment. Day by day he also reconstructs his own life, all but lost in the years he spent in a camp during the war. No-one had expected to see him again.

One day, a flamboyant stranger rides into the village, upsetting the fragile balance of everyday life. Soon he is named the Anderer, "the other", and tensions rise until, one night, the newcomer is murdered. Brodeck is instructed to write an account of the events leading to his death, but his report delivers much more than the bare facts: it becomes the story of a community coming to terms with the legacy of enemy occupation.

In a powerful narrative of exceptional fascination, Brodeck's Report explores the very limits of humanity.

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