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Monsieur Le Commandant
Romain Slocombe
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Description for Monsieur Le Commandant
Paperback. French Academician and Nazi sympathiser, Paul-Jean Husson, writes a letter to his local SS officer in the autumn of 1942. Tormented by an illicit passion for Ilse, his German daughter-in-law, Husson has taken a decision that will devastate several lives, including his own. Translator(s): Browner, Jesse. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
French Academician and Nazi sympathiser, Paul-Jean Husson, writes a letter to his local SS officer in the autumn of 1942. Tormented by an illicit passion for Ilse, his German daughter-in-law, Husson has taken a decision that will devastate several lives, including his own. The letter is intended to explain his actions. It is a dramatic, sometimes harrowing, story that begins in the years leading up to the war, when following the accidental drowning of his daughter, Husson's previously gilded life begins to unravel. And through Husson's confession, Romain Slocombe gives the reader a startling picture of a man's ... Read more
French Academician and Nazi sympathiser, Paul-Jean Husson, writes a letter to his local SS officer in the autumn of 1942. Tormented by an illicit passion for Ilse, his German daughter-in-law, Husson has taken a decision that will devastate several lives, including his own. The letter is intended to explain his actions. It is a dramatic, sometimes harrowing, story that begins in the years leading up to the war, when following the accidental drowning of his daughter, Husson's previously gilded life begins to unravel. And through Husson's confession, Romain Slocombe gives the reader a startling picture of a man's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gallic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908313508
SKU
V9781908313508
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About Romain Slocombe
Romain Slocombe is a writer, director, translator, illustrator, cartoonist and photographer. He was born in Paris in 1953.
Reviews for Monsieur Le Commandant
'Probably one of the most significant novels of this year' L'Express 'The novel is, in a unique way, a powerful piece of Resistance literature.' La Vie