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Monsieur le Commandant
Author(s): Romain Slocombe (Author), Jesse Browner (Translator) (Author)
- Publisher: Gallic Books
- Publication Date: 16 Sept. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 208 pages
- ISBN-10: 1908313501
- ISBN-13: 9781908313508
Book Description
French Academician and Nazi sympathiser Paul-Jean Husson writes a letter to his local SS officer in the autumn of 1942. Tormented by an illicit passion for Ilse, his German daughter-in-law, Husson has taken a decision that will devastate several lives, including his own. The letter is intended to explain his actions. It is a dramatic, sometimes harrowing, story that begins in the years leading up to the war, when following the accidental drowning of his daughter, Husson’s previously gilded life begins to unravel. And through Husson’s confession, Romain Slocombe gives the reader a startling picture of a man’s journey: from pillar of the French Establishment and World War One hero, to outspoken supporter of Nazi ideology and the Vichy government.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘The story of France’s anti-Semitism is one much told by historians: it has seldom been written about so powerfully by a novelist.’ –The Spectator
‘Harrowing epistolary novel, elegantly translated by Jesse Browner’ –The Independent
‘A brilliantly told, unflinching account’ — –The Lady
‘Harrowing epistolary novel, elegantly translated by Jesse Browner’ –The Independent
‘A brilliantly told, unflinching account’ –The Lady
About the Author
Romain Slocombe is a writer, director, translator, illustrator, cartoonist and photographer. He was born in Paris in 1953.
