by Pierr Assouline · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070320974
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«Lutetia» is the historical novel by Pierre Assouline, published by Folio in paperback (480 pages, in French).
Édouard Kiefer, an Alsatian former policeman, is the security detective of the Hotel Lutetia in occupied Paris. Between 1938 and 1945, the only palace on the Left Bank sees exiles, writers, artists, Nazi officers and traffickers pass through, and then the deportees returning from the camps. The novel raises the boundary between duty and conscience.
Originally published in 2005 and winner of the Prix Maison de la Presse; the Folio edition carries the number A32097.
For readers of historical fiction about the Second World War, occupied Paris and collaborationist France.
Pierre Assouline is a French writer and journalist. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Jewish family. He has published several novels and biographies, and also contributes articles for the print media and broadcasts for radio.
