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The French Art of War
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The French Art of War
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Alexis Jenni
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Translated by Frank Wynne
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:624 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 128 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) War and combat fiction |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780857897541
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Classifications | Dewey:843.92 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Atlantic Books
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Imprint |
Atlantic Books
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Publication Date |
2 November 2017 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
'It was the beginning of the Gulf War. I watched it on TV and did little else. I was doing badly, you see. Everything was going wrong. I just awaited the end. But then I met Victorien Salagnon, a veteran of the great colonial wars of Indochina, Vietnam and Algeria, a commander who had led his soldiers across the globe, a man with the blood of others up to his elbows. He said he would teach me to paint; he must have been the only painter in the French Forces, but out there no one cares about such things. I cared, though. In return, he wanted me to write his life story. And so he talked, and I wrote, and through him I witnessed the rivers of blood that cut channels through France, I saw the deaths that were as numberless as they were senseless and I began finally to understand the French art of war.'
Author Biography
Alexis Jenni is a French novelist and biology teacher. His debut novel, The French Art of War, won the 2011 Prix Goncourt. He lives in Lyon.
ReviewsBold, brave, magnificent. * Irish Times * Shock-and-awe virtuosity * Financial Times * A masterpiece. -- Frederic Beigbeder * Le Figaro * Difficult to put down and impossible to forget * Irish Times *
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