by Sébastien Japrisot · Editions Denoël · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782207236109
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«Un long dimanche de fiançailles» is the historical novel by Sébastien Japrisot, published by Editions Denoël in paperback (367 pages, in French).
Set during the First World War, the story follows Mathilde, a young woman who refuses to believe in the death of her fiancé, one of five French soldiers sentenced to death in 1917. After the war ends, Mathilde investigates with tenacity to uncover the truth about what happened, in a tale of mystery, love and memory.
Winner of the Prix Interallié in 1991, it was originally published on 6 September 1991 by Editions Denoël.
A work for readers of historical and mystery fiction, interested in the First World War and love stories marked by war.
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.
