by Philippe Claudel · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253109082
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«Les Âmes grises» is the mystery novel by Philippe Claudel, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (279 pages, in French).
Winter 1917. In a small French town, the discovery of the corpse of a ten-year-old girl disrupts the routine of a community marked by the First World War. The policeman who investigated the case recalls the inquiry among notables with secrets, an icy atmosphere, and a justice that merges with conscience. An immersion into the grey areas of the human soul, where compassion, cowardice, and guilt coexist.
Winner of the Prix Renaudot 2003 and the Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle 2004; number 30515 in the Le Livre de Poche collection.
For readers of mystery novels and historical fiction set during the First World War.
Philippe Claudel is a French writer and film director.
