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Grey Souls
Philippe Claudel
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Description for Grey Souls
Paperback. A mesmerising and atmospheric tale of three mysterious deaths in an oddly isolated French village during World War I. Translator(s): Rogers, Hoyt. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 144.
A bestseller in France and winner of the Prix Renaudot, Grey Souls is a mesmerising and atmospheric tale of three mysterious deaths in an oddly isolated French village during World War I. The placid daily life of a small town near the front seems impervious to the nearby pounding of artillery fire and the parade of wounded strangers passing through its streets. But the illusion of calm is soon shattered by the deaths of three innocents - the charming new schoolmistress who captures every male heart only to kill herself; an angelic ten-year-old girl who is found strangled; and a ... Read more
A bestseller in France and winner of the Prix Renaudot, Grey Souls is a mesmerising and atmospheric tale of three mysterious deaths in an oddly isolated French village during World War I. The placid daily life of a small town near the front seems impervious to the nearby pounding of artillery fire and the parade of wounded strangers passing through its streets. But the illusion of calm is soon shattered by the deaths of three innocents - the charming new schoolmistress who captures every male heart only to kill herself; an angelic ten-year-old girl who is found strangled; and a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857059949
SKU
V9780857059949
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Ref
99-10
About Philippe Claudel
Philippe Claudel was born in 1962. He has won several awards for his fiction, including the Prix Goncourt for Stories in 2003.
Reviews for Grey Souls
'A masterpiece ... a beautifully written and mesmeric study of individual and collective guilt' Daily Mail.
Daily Mail
'Overwhelming ... the language is magnificent, each word resonates, each sentence paints a picture' Le Parisien.
Le Parisien
'An odd, disturbing novel, haunted by ghosts, the victims of crimes that are long past but ever present ... a ... Read more
Daily Mail
'Overwhelming ... the language is magnificent, each word resonates, each sentence paints a picture' Le Parisien.
Le Parisien
'An odd, disturbing novel, haunted by ghosts, the victims of crimes that are long past but ever present ... a ... Read more