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Where I Left My Soul

Jérôme Ferrari author Geoffrey Strachan translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Quercus Publishing

Published:29th Aug '13

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He was interned at Buchenwald during the German occupation and imprisoned by the Vietnamese when France's armies in the Far East collapsed. Now Capitaine Degorce is an interrogator himself, and the only peace he can find is in the presence of Tahar, a captive commander in the very organization he is charged with eliminating.

But his confessor is no saint: Tahar stands accused of indiscriminate murder. Lieutenant Andreani - who served with Degorce in Vietnam and revels in his new role as executioner - is determined to see a noose around his neck.

This is Algeria, 1957. Blood, sand, dust, heat - perhaps the bitterest colonial conflict of the last century. Degorce will learn that in times of war, no matter what a man has suffered in his past, there is no limit to the cruelty he is capable of.

'Blackly brilliant ... its modern resonances go far beyond the francophone world' Stephen Poole, Guardian. * Guardian *
'Ferrari's masterful narrative, shaped by a chilling wisdom, moves and unsettles in equal, unforgettable measure' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times. * Irish Times *

  • Winner of Prix Valery Larbaud (Valery Larbaud Prize) 2011
  • Winner of Prix Initiales - Litterature Francaise (Initiales Prize for French Literature) 2011
  • Winner of Prix Roman France Televisions (France Televisions Novel Prize) 2010
  • Winner of Grand Prix Poncetton de la SGDL (Poncetton Grand Prize of the SGDL) 2010

ISBN: 9780857389091

Dimensions: 198mm x 151mm x 11mm

Weight: 122g

160 pages