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A powerful and moving novel about the ravages war and the need to tell the truth, even in the face of adversity.
 
After the close of a great war, a mysterious stranger arrives in a small European village. He is an artist and he begins sketching the villagers, showing the painful reality of the crimes and betrayals the war left in its wake. Consumed by distrust, the villagers conspire and murder him. The authorities commission Brodeck, a timid, low-level bureaucrat, to write a report that essentially whitewashes the incident. Brodeck agrees to write the official account, but he simultaneously sets down his version of the incident in a parallel narrative, which interweaves his own horrific experiences as a prisoner of war, the truth about the stranger's disappearance, and the dark secrets the villagers have fought fiercely to keep hidden.

ISBN-13

9780307390752

ISBN-10

0307390756

Weight

0.57 Pounds

Dimensions

5.15 x 0.80 x 8.00 In

List Price

$16.95

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

336 pages

Publisher

Anchor

Published On

2010-07-13



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