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KRISS55, longtime contributor to the reading group "20 Minutes Books", recommends Miroir de nos peines by Pierre Lemaître, published on January 6, 2020 by Albin Michel.
His favorite quote:
The car was jolting slowly in the stream of fugitives who was the image of this torn, abandoned country. They were faces and faces everywhere. A huge funeral procession, Louise thought, become the overwhelming mirror of our sorrows and our defeats.
Why this book?
- Because the rhythm is cinematographic , with falls at the end of the chapters, the decorations are neat, the scripted story is documented, highlighting characters for whom we have empathy.
- Because Lemaître makes us revisit our history by leafing through it with women and men.
- Because Lemaître knows how to keep us going with his effects as a thriller writer.
The essential in 2 minutes
The plot. Little Louise, who played with Edouard Péricourt, a broken face from the Great War, grew up well and went in search of his family history during the funny war that led to the debacle. Lemaître portrays these French people who flee and become refugees during the exodus
Characters. Louise Belmont teacher and waitress, Raoul Landrade deserter, Fernand mobile guard, his wife Alice, Mr. Jules patron of the Petite Bohème. Desired to changing professions: teacher, pilot of plane, surgeon, lawyer, agent of the ministry for information, parish priest.
Places. Paris and the routes of the exodus.
The time. April 6 to June 19, 1940, six months after the declaration of war.
The author. Pierre Lemaître started his writing career late by making thrillers. In 2013, he published Au revoir là-haut, which won the Goncourt Prize. Mirror of our sorrows completes a trilogy begun during the First World War.
This book was read with addiction by KRISS55: “I read a lot at night with a motley taste. I am careful not to disclose the story in my comment. "
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