The Flanders Road
Published on 26. July 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-7145-4846-3 (ISBN)
Description
During the German advance through Belgium into France in 1940, Captain de Reixach is shot dead by a sniper. Three witnesses, involved with him during his lifetime in different capacities - a distant relative, an orderly and a jockey who had an affair with his wife - remember him and help the reader piece together the realities behind the man and his death.
A groundbreaking work, for which Claude Simon devised a prose technique mimicking the mind's fluid thought processes, The Flanders Road is not only a masterpiece of stylistic innovation, but also a haunting portrayal - based on a real-life incident - of the chaos and savagery of war.
A groundbreaking work, for which Claude Simon devised a prose technique mimicking the mind's fluid thought processes, The Flanders Road is not only a masterpiece of stylistic innovation, but also a haunting portrayal - based on a real-life incident - of the chaos and savagery of war.
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His imagination, working through the controlled riot of words, flames and flares magnificently, and nowhere is he better than in conveying the sense of disintegration that overtook the French in 1940. * The Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Alma Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
172 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7145-4846-3 (9780714548463)
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