by Jonathan Littell · Quaderns Crema · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477271819
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«Les benignes» is the historical novel by Jonathan Littell, published by Quaderns Crema in hardback (1168 pages, in Catalan).
The narrator addresses readers as «brothers of the human species» to announce a dark but edifying story, a moral tale that, he says, concerns them closely. Set during the Second World War, the work moves between historical fiction and reflection on the Holocaust and the human condition.
Translation by Pau Joan Hernàndez; collection Biblioteca Mínima (no. 168). Serra d'Or Prize for Translation 2008; the original work won the Prix Goncourt in 2006.
For readers of historical fiction who appreciate lengthy novels and narratives that challenge the reader.
Jonathan Littell is an American-born writer living in Barcelona. His first novel written in French, The Kindly Ones, won two major French awards, including the Prix Goncourt and the Prix de l'Académie française.
