Clara's Tale
by Pierre Péju
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"Paul, a young Frenchman, meets Clara in the Bavarian village of Kehlstein during the 1960s. He is the son of a Resistance fighter, murdered in mysterious circumstances; she, the daughter of a doctor who had served in the Wehrmacht. Both were born at a time when Europe was at last at peace, yet they are both victims of history, for each of them bears the weight of pain and memory, and each is an indirect witness to the crimes and ravages of war. In a novel that spans the political events of show more the second half of the twentieth century, Paul s and Clara s paths are to cross and entwine in unexpected ways over the years. Paul becomes a sculptor, she a photographer, but in their work as in their lives neither can escape the truth of Shakespeare s observation that the evil that men do lives after them . Pierre Peju caught the attention of many British readers with his poignant novel The Girl from the Chartreuse. The broader themes and unforgettable characters in his latest, prize-winning work are further confirmation of the talent of one of Europe s finest living writers. show lessTags
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Storia di amore e morte in cui riecheggia l'orrore della guerra finita da diciassette anni, evento capace di provocare anche nell'uomo normale atti crudeli. Paul, sedicenne lionese durante un soggiorno a Kehlstein, in Baviera, incontra Clara. I due ragazzi si innamorano, ma devono convivere per tutta la vita con l'eredità di orrore e di sangue ricevuta loro.
Da filosofo Peju torna a domandarsi sull'origine del male.
Da filosofo Peju torna a domandarsi sull'origine del male.
Jan 2, 2014Italian
> Pierre Péju : LE RIRE DE L'OGRE (Gallimard, Paris, 2005, 307 p. ; 33,95 $)
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Se reporter au compte rendu de Sylvie TROTTIER
In: (2006). Compte rendu de [Fiction]. Nuit blanche, n° 102 (printemps 2006), pp. 29-30.… ; (en ligne),
URL : https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/20067ac
> PIERRE PÉJU : Le rire de l'ogre (Gallimard. Paris. 2005.311 pages)
Se reporter au compte rendu de Hans-Jürgen GREIF
In: (2006). Compte rendu de [Nouveautés]. Québec français, n° 140 (hiver 2006), p. 21.… ; (en ligne),
URL : https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/50462ac
Jan 17, 2021French
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- Canonical title
- Clara's Tale
- Original title
- Le rire de l'ogre
- Original publication date
- 2005-08-22 (1e édition originale française ∙ Blanche ∙ Gallimard) (1e édition originale française ∙ Blanche ∙ Gallimard); 2007-02-01 (Réédition française, Folio, Gallimard) (Réédition française, Folio, Gallimard)
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- Français
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance
- DDC/MDS
- 843.914 — Literature & rhetoric French Literature French fiction 1900- 20th Century 1945-1999
- LCC
- PQ2676 .E364 .R5713 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures French literature Modern literature 1961-2000
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