Mirror of our Sorrows
$24.37
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
9 April 2024
Summary
“Tremendous and enjoyable” - La Libre Belgique
“A great success” - La Croix
April, 1940. Louise Belmont runs naked down the boulevard du Montparnasse. To understand the traumatic scene she has just witnessed, she will have to plunge headlong into the madness of the Phoney War, as France, seized by the panic of a new European conflict, descends into chaos.
Louise navigates this period of enormous upheaval in parallel w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529416916 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529416914 |
| Author: | Pierre Lemaitre, Frank Wynne |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 9 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 36mm |
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What They're Saying
Critics Review
A great success * La Croix *
Lemaitre’s new historical chronicle possesses the desperate irony that made the early volumes so successful * BibliObs *
Pierre Lemaitre brings his brilliant interwar trilogy to a close * Le Journal de Quebec *
Tremendous and enjoyable * La Libre Belgique *
Great characters and a roaring pace * Le Monde *
Spectacular * Le Soir *
A vibrant tapestry of a decayed and defeated France * Financial Times *
About The Author
Pierre Lemaitre
Pierre Lemaitre was born in Paris in 1951. He worked for many years as a teacher of literature before becoming a novelist. He was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association International Dagger, alongside Fred Vargas, for Alex, and as sole winner for Camille. In 2013 his novel Au revoir la-haut (The Great Swindle, in English translation) won the Prix Goncourt, France’s leading literary award.
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