Magnus by Sylvie Germain

Magnus by Sylvie Germain

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Magnus by Sylvie Germain

Magnus is a deeply moving and enigmatic novel about the Holocaust. It has been Sylvie Germain's most commercially successful novel in France.

Magnus is a man searching for his own identity, who pieces together the complex puzzle of his life, which turns out to be closer to a painting by Edward Munch than the romantic tale of family heroism and self-sacrifice on which he was nurtured by the woman he believed was his mother.

In Magnus, Sylvie Germain uses imagination and intuition to unlock the enigma of human life and confer on history the power of myth and fable.

Magnus won the Goncourt Lyceen Prize, selected by French High School Students as the best novel of the year from the main Goncourt Prize Shortlist. It is a short and profound novel suitable for 16-year-olds upwards and is a good starting point for exploration of the Holocaust.

Sylvie Germain has thirteen works of fiction to her credit. Her writing has earned international praise and has been translated into twenty-one languages.

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ISBN 13 9781903517628
ISBN 10 1903517621
Title Magnus
Author Sylvie Germain
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Dedalus Ltd
Year published 2008-02-06
Number of pages 226
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.