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Brodeck by Philippe Claudel

A powerful and moving novel about the ravages war and the need to tell the truth, even in the face of adversity.

After the close of a great war, a mysterious stranger arrives in a small European village. He is an artist and he begins sketching the villagers, showing the painful reality of the crimes and betrayals the war left in its wake. Consumed by distrust, the villagers conspire and murder him. The authorities commission Brodeck, a timid, low-level bureaucrat, to write a report that essentially whitewashes the incident. Brodeck agrees to write the official account, but he simultaneously sets down his version of the incident in a parallel narrative, which interweaves his own horrific experiences as a prisoner of war, the truth about the stranger's disappearance, and the dark secrets the villagers have fought fiercely to keep hidden.
Philippe Claudel (Nancy, 1962) ha sido profesor y guionista de cine y televisión. Además de dar clases en liceos y en la Universidad de Nancy II, dedicó su tiempo libre a enseñar a niños discapacitados y a presos. Sus novelas y cuentos han sido objeto de numerosos galardones: entre ellos, el premio France Télévision por J ́abandonne, el Bourse Goncourt de la Nouvelle por Petites mécaniques y, finalmente, el prestigioso Premio Renaudot por Almas grises, publicada por Salamandra en 2005. Un año más tarde, el éxito se repitió con La nieta del señor Linh (Salamandra, 2006), que permaneció en las listas de libros más vendidos durante meses. Philippe Claudel ha escrito y dirigido también dos largometrajes: Hace mucho que te quiero, galardonado con dos premios César, y Silencio de amor. Salamandra ha publicado asimismo El informe de Brodeck (2008), Aromas (2013), Bajo el árbol de los toraya (2017) y La investigación (2018). Claudel es miembro de la Académie Goncourt y sigue residiendo en Dombasle, en Lorena, la región en la que se crió.
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ISBN 13 9780385527248
ISBN 10 0385527241
Title Brodeck
Author Philippe Claudel
Condition Unavailable
Publisher Nan A. Talese
Year published 2009-06-30
Number of pages 336
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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