by Sebastien Japrisot · tapa dura · ISBN 9788484377436
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«Un llarg diumenge de prometatge» is the historical fiction novel by Sébastien Japrisot, published by Proa in hardback (264 pages, in Catalan).
Set in France during the First World War, the novel follows Mathilde, who refuses to accept the death of her fiancé Manech, one of five soldiers condemned by a court-martial and abandoned before the trenches. Her determination leads her to investigate among field hospitals, lies and complicit silences to uncover the truth about what happened.
Originally published in French as «Un long dimanche de fiançailles» in 1991, winner of the Prix Interallié.
Recommended for those seeking historical and romantic fiction about the First World War, with intrigue and a wartime backdrop.
Sébastien Japrisot was a French author, screenwriter and film director. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name. Renowned for subverting the rules of the crime genre, Japrisot broke down the established formulas "into their component pieces to re-combine them in original and paradoxical ways." Some critics argue that though Japrisot's work may lack the explicit experimental element present in the novels of some of his contemporaries, it shows influences of structuralist theories and the unorthodox techniques of the New Novelists.
