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Product details Mass Market Paperback 279 pages Publisher Stock; 1st edition (January 1, 2003) Language French ISBN-10 9782253109082 ISBN-13 978-2253109082 ASIN 2253109088

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Les Âmes grises Le Livre de Poche French Edition Philippe Claudel 9782253109082 Books Reviews

• J'ai lu ce livre pour une classe de la littérature français aux Etats-Unis. Ce livre nous donne un perspectif très intéressante de la société humaine et l'idée qu'on, comme les êtres humaines, n'a pas des âmes blanches ou les âmes noires mais simplement les âmes grises. Tous les personnages du livre n'ont ni les âmes parfaits ni les âmes diables, mais une mélange des deux. Le livre donne beaucoup de suspense et est très philosophique, pour des francophones et même des anglophones!
• Our French-speaking book club read the book and followed up on the reading of the French version of the text by a very interesting discussion. The group found the book well written with character portrayals of great depth and complexity. Many of those in the group who had taught French for many years gave the book a very high rating at the conclusion of the discussion.
• I loved this book, but some of my classmates did not enjoy it. I felt the author created a lot of mystery and intrigue and I enjoyed reading it.
• Recreates a fragment of rural France near the front in WW1. Dives into the dark heart and mind of various protagonist of a mysterious crime, only to discover that no one is perfect. Easy to read and well written, but failed to create much empathy with anyone.
• Just as described
• A dark but fascinating read. Much more than a mystery, leaving the reader with more questions at the end than at the beginning. If you're looking for happy, resolved endings, this is not your book. If you would profit from a journey into the grey world of a tormented and not-so-admirable soul, you may find this book worth your while.
• almost a page turner
• "Now I write as if I had died since then. And, deep down, that is true. That's the real, true truth. For a long time now, I feel dead. I pretend that I still live a bit. I am on borrowed time. That's all." The events that, twenty years later, continue to disturb the nameless narrator of LES AMES GRISES take place in a small town in northern France during World War I, in a region so close to the frontline, that the sounds of war provide a constant rumbling background. In this hauntingly affecting, beautifully written novel Philippe Claudel convincingly evokes the impact on the town of V. of the steadily growing viciousness of war.
  
  Central to the story, however, is the murder of a beautiful ten-year-old girl, Belle de jour, that disrupts the still prevailing attitude of complacency among the representatives of the town's establishment. The "Affaire "- Case, as it is introduced early on, raises questions that dig much deeper into the society's fabric than a simple police procedural would be able to do. In his recounting of the events surrounding Belle's death, the protagonist appears to hold his own investigation by introducing, one by one, many of the ghosts, whose long shadows still haunt him into the present. What may have been his role at the time? Through a "parade" of richly drawn characters, who had been either directly, indirectly or possibly involved with the young girl's life or the Case, Claudel weaves a captivating, subtly structured web of evidence, rumours, suspicions, interrogations and deliberate disregard of clues. From the judge, the prosecutor, the father of the victim, to police officers and military, to other important persons in the town and even in the protagonist's own life, all the brilliantly brought to life as individuals with their strengths and weaknesses.
  
  The narrator's account is seemingly written in separate memory blocks (chapters), thus justifying the non-linear structure of his report. The reader's attention is constantly required to pick up clues and connections that will reveal much more than the reader would expect at any one time. The conclusion is dramatic and comes with more than one unexpected punch. An extraordinary and powerful novel that will linger on in the reader for a long time. [Friederike Knabe]