Mirror of our Sorrows

Pierre Lemaitre, Frank Wynne

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MacLehose Press
09 April 2024

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical adventure; Second World War fiction; Fiction in translation

"""Tremendous and enjoyable"" - La Libre Belgique

""A great success"" - La Croix

April, 1940. Louise Belmont runs naked down the boulevard

du Montparnasse. To understand the traumatic scene she

has just witnessed, she will have to plunge headlong into the

madness of the Phoney War, as France, seized by the panic

of a new European conflict, descends into chaos.

Louise navigates this period of enormous upheaval in parallel with her fellow citizens - including Maginot Line conscripts Raoul and Gabriel, bistro-owner Monsieur Jules and confidence trickster Desire Migault. The looming threat of German occupation uncovers long-buried secrets and makes for strange bedfellows, as one extraordinary twist of fate follows another.

With characteristic wit and verve, Pierre Lemaitre chronicles the fall of a nation crushed by circumstance. The final novel in his award-winning trilogy is an incandescent tale that veers from the tragic to the burlesque.

Translated from the French by Frank Wynne"

By: Pierre Lemaitre
Translated by: Frank Wynne
Imprint: MacLehose Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9781529416916
ISBN 10: 1529416914
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 09 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pierre Lemaitre was born in Paris in 1951. He worked for many years as a teacher of literature before becoming a novelist. He was awarded the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger, alongside Fred Vargas, for Alex, and as sole winner for Camille. In 2013 his novel Au revoir la-haut (The Great Swindle, in English translation) won the Prix Goncourt, France's leading literary award.

Reviews for Mirror of our Sorrows

A great success * La Croix * Lemaitre's new historical chronicle possesses the desperate irony that made the early volumes so successful * BibliObs * Pierre Lemaitre brings his brilliant interwar trilogy to a close * Le Journal de Quebec * Tremendous and enjoyable * La Libre Belgique * Great characters and a roaring pace * Le Monde * Spectacular * Le Soir *