Grey souls
Claudel, Philippe, 1962-2017
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France, December 1917: Daily life continues in a small town near the Front, despite the pounding of artillery fire and the parade of wounded strangers passing through its streets. Then any lingering sense of normality is destroyed with the discovery of a strangled 10-year-old girl in the freezing canal. A deserter is convicted of her murder and executed, and the case closed. Years later, one man is still trying to make sense of these events, while struggling with the tragedies and demons of his own past. But excavating the town's secret history will bring neither peace nor justice.
Main title:
Grey souls / Philippe Claudel ; translated from the French by Hoyt Rogers.
Author:
Claudel, Philippe, 1962-, authorRogers, Hoyt, translator
Work:
Imprint:
Leicester : Ulverscroft, 2017.
Collation:
282 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.Standard print edition of this translation originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005.
Awards:
Prix Renaudot 2003
ISBN:
9781444834055 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.92
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
2536374