La chair des étoiles

Synopsis of La chair des étoiles

«La chair des étoiles» is the historical novel by Jean-Guy Soumy, published by Robert Laffont in paperback (330 pages, in French).

Set in France, the action takes place during the First World War and follows characters who experience the conflict up close. The novel combines historical reconstruction with personal drama: the horror of the front, absence, waiting, and the traces the war leaves on those who endure it.

It was published in 2008 and the cover bears the subtitle «roman»; it is classified in the categories of History and Literature and Fiction.

For readers of historical fiction and French narrative, especially those interested in the First World War.