From the Prix Goncourt award-winning author of THE WIDE WORLD comes the second novel in the epic THE GLORIOUS YEARS series, the story of one colourful family, set against the backdrop of a changing France in the 20th century
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Pierre Lemaitre was born in Paris in 1951. He worked for many years as a teacher of literature before becoming a novelist.
He has won the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger three times, once alongside Fred Vargas, for Alex, and twice as sole winner for Camille and The Great Swindle. In 2013 The Great Swindle (published in French as Au revoir là-haut won the Prix Goncourt, France's leading literary award.
In addition to his Brigade Criminelle novels starring Commandant Camille Verhoeven, Lemaitre writes standalone thrillers including Blood Wedding.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. 'A novelist at the height of his powers' La Croix'You have the ingredients Balzac would have cooked with. And it is exactly those great 19th century novels that Lemaitre will remind you of' Sunday TimesIt is 1952 and the Pelletier family have returned to a life in France.Patriarch Louis Pelletier, a successful businessman with a dark past, has remained with his wife in Beirut, but his family have settled on French soil. Jean, the menacing eldest brother, hides a terrible secret and is trapped in a stifling marriage, though his life is enriched by his love for his three-year-old daughter. François, an up-and-coming reporter, is caught up in a volatile love affair; and Hélène, their younger sister, strives to make her own way as a journalist, but as a woman in a man's world, she faces extraordinary challenges as she fights to expose a vast industrial scandal.Filled with twists and turns, dark and compelling, yet ripe with wit and surprising cliffhangers, The Silence and the Rage is the story of one remarkable family against the backdrop of France during one of its most thrilling and turbulent periods.'As wonderful as The Wide World. A family and social saga to savour in a sitting' Le Parisien'Lemaitre's hard-boiled style of writing is perfectly matched by his translator, Frank Wynne' Financial Times. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781035412693
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. 'A novelist at the height of his powers' La Croix'You have the ingredients Balzac would have cooked with. And it is exactly those great 19th century novels that Lemaitre will remind you of' Sunday TimesIt is 1952 and the Pelletier family have returned to a life in France.Patriarch Louis Pelletier, a successful businessman with a dark past, has remained with his wife in Beirut, but his family have settled on French soil. Jean, the menacing eldest brother, hides a terrible secret and is trapped in a stifling marriage, though his life is enriched by his love for his three-year-old daughter. Fran ois, an up-and-coming reporter, is caught up in a volatile love affair; and Helene, their younger sister, strives to make her own way as a journalist, but as a woman in a man's world, she faces extraordinary challenges as she fights to expose a vast industrial scandal.Filled with twists and turns, dark and compelling, yet ripe with wit and surprising cliffhangers, The Silence and the Rage is the story of one remarkable family against the backdrop of France during one of its most thrilling and turbulent periods.'As wonderful as The Wide World. A family and social saga to savour in a sitting' Le Parisien'Lemaitre's hard-boiled style of writing is perfectly matched by his translator, Frank Wynne' Financial Times From the Prix Goncourt award-winning author of THE WIDE WORLD comes the second novel in the epic THE GLORIOUS YEARS series, the story of one colourful family, set against the backdrop of a changing France in the 20th century Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781035412693
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