Nos vemos allá arriba

Synopsis of Nos vemos allá arriba

«Nos vemos allá arriba» is the historical war novel by Pierre Lemaitre, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (473 pages, in Spanish).

In the final days of the First World War, Albert Maillard and Édouard Péricourt are wounded in an absurd offensive that binds their fates. Édouard, a mutilated draughtsman who shuns his family, and Albert, of humble origins, confront the corruption of postwar Paris with a plan of revenge and a bond of friendship.

First instalment of the trilogy The Children of Disaster. Prix Goncourt 2013. Translation by José Antonio Soriano.

For readers of historical and war fiction, and for those who appreciate stories of friendship and social criticism set in interwar Paris.