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Mirror of our sorrows / Pierre Lemaitre ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne.
In this final entry of the 'Paris Between-the-Wars' trilogy set in 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.
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- ISBN: 9781529416916 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 491 pages ; 20 cm.
- Edition: Paperback edition.
- Publisher: London : MacLehose Press, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2023
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| Language Note: | Translated from the French. |
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| Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 > France > Fiction. Paris (France) > History > 1870-1940 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Lemai | 31681010374619 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
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 là-haut (The Great Swindle, in English translation) won the Prix Goncourt, France's leading literary award.
