by Emmanuelle Pirotte · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782749144344
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«Today we live» is the historical novel by Emmanuelle Pirotte, published by Le Cherche Midi in 2015 in paperback (237 pages, in French).
December 1944, German counteroffensive in the Ardennes. A priest leaves Renée, a seven-year-old Jewish girl, with two American soldiers who are actually infiltrated SS. Mathias kills his companion instead of executing her and flees with the girl: war is shown in shades and humanity oscillates between horror and compassion.
It was nominated for the Prix Emmanuel-Roblès in 2016 and won the Prix des lycéens de littérature in 2017.
For readers of historical fiction and war stories focused on moral dilemmas during World War II.
