The French Art of War by Alexis Jenni
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.
A masterpiece -- Frédéric Beigbeder * Le Figaro *
A masterpiece * Le Magazine littéraire *
Complex and profound.. An adventure novel stuffed with people and stories * Le Monde *
A masterpiece * Le Magazine littéraire *
Complex and profound.. An adventure novel stuffed with people and stories * Le Monde *
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.
Frank Wynne is an Irish literary translator and writer.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857897534 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857897535 |
| Title | The French Art of War |
| Author | Alexis Jenni |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2017-04-27 |
| Number of pages | 624 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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