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Marcel by Erwin Mortier (2015, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSteerforth Press
ISBN-101782270183
ISBN-139781782270188
eBay Product ID (ePID)202529268
Product Key Features
Book TitleMarcel
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicGeneral, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorErwin Mortier
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight4.7 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"A dream debut, staggering in its technical control, brimming with atmosphere, moving and witty, too, and with all that, a style completely his own" NRC Handelsblad "Mortier shows himself to be an uninhibited virtuoso of language, he writes sharp dialogue and is unusually witty. An exceptional debut" de Volkskrant
Dewey Decimal839.3137
SynopsisThe debut novel by the great Flemish writer Erwin Mortier, Marcel vividly describes the history of a family in a Flemish village, bowed by the weight of history., Written from the point of view of a ten-year-old boy who lives with his grandmother, Marcel is a striking debut novel describing the vivid history of a family in a Flemish village. The mysterious death of Marcel, the family favourite, has always haunted the young boy. With the help of his schoolteacher, he starts to discover the secrets of Marcel's 'black' past. The story of his death on the Eastern Front for the sake of Flanders, and the shame this brought upon his family gradually become clear. Erwin Mortier unravels this shameful family past in an unusually sensitive and evocative manner., The debut novel by the great Flemish writer Erwin Mortier, Marcel vividly describes the history of a family in a Flemish village, bowed by the weight of history. Once the family favourite, Marcel died before his time and now lies far away in an unmarked grave. But his photograph still stands in pride of place on the family cabinet, lovingly guarded by an old woman. Her young grandson, who so resembles his smiling relative, is haunted by the mystery of Marcel's life and death. But when the boy finds some of the dead man's letters, the truth turns out to be far less simple, and far less savoury, than he could ever have imagined. Family secrets, lies and half-truths fold in on one another in this subtle and beguiling novel. Marcel is a sharp, lyrical depiction of the murky attitude of the living towards the dead, and of how past betrayals will live on through the generations.
LC Classification NumberPT6466.23.O676M37
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