Used – The Great Swindle, Pierre Lemaitre

See You Up There Author(s): Pierre Lemaitre Publisher: France Loisirs - Impression - Albin Michel Collection: FRANCE LOISIRS Language: French Publication: 01/01/2013 Number of pages: 567 << For business, war has many advantages, even afterwards. >> On the ruins of the greatest carnage of the 20th century, two survivors from the trenches, rather damaged, take their revenge by carrying out a scam as spectacular as it is immoral. From the paths of glory to the subversion of the victorious homeland, they will discover that France does not joke with its dead... A fresco of rare cruelty, remarkable for its architecture and evocative power, Au revoir là-haut is the great novel of the post-14 war, of the illusion of the armistice, of the State that glorifies its disappeared and gets rid of too cumbersome living, of abomination elevated to virtue.

In the twilight atmosphere of disillusioned after-days, populated by miserable puppets and cowards received as heroes, Pierre Lemaitre composes the great tragedy of this lost generation with impressive talent and mastery.

REF.: 410564 ISBN 978-2-298-08291-3 > GRAPHIC DESIGN > PHILIPPE NARCISSE Sunrise, 1913. Oil on canvas, private collection. Otto Dix. Adagp, Paris 2014. AKG.

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