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“Where is your wound?” asks Jean Genet in the lines Laurent Mauvignier uses as an epigraph to The Wound. By the time we have finished this four-part novel, we realise that for many the wound lies four decades back in “the Events” that people have tried not to talk about ever since: the Algerian War.

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“One of France’s most talented writers, Laurent Mauvignier always kept a low profile on the literary scene—until his stunning novel about the Algerian War became a runaway bestseller.”—France Today


“[Mauvignier is] one of the major French writers today.”—Lire Magazine


"Mauvignier's novel is one of the most impressive fictional portrayals of the Algerian war to date."—Patricia M.E. Lorcin, H-France.net

“The Wound gives us a France that few American readers will recognize, a land and a people marked by a history in which memory and violence can seem indistinguishable. . . . David and Nicole Ball’s translation is as elegant as a flick-knife—a superb version of this viscerally important novel.”—Michael Gorra, author of Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece

The Wound

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      Publisher University of Nebraska Press
      Published 1 February 2015
      ISBN-13 9780803239876
      978-0803239876
      ISBN-10 0803239874

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “Where is your wound?” asks Jean Genet in the lines Laurent Mauvignier uses as an epigraph to The Wound. By the time we have finished this four-part novel, we realise that for many the wound lies four decades back in “the Events” that people have tried not to talk about ever since: the Algerian War.

      Trade Review

      “One of France’s most talented writers, Laurent Mauvignier always kept a low profile on the literary scene—until his stunning novel about the Algerian War became a runaway bestseller.”—France Today


      “[Mauvignier is] one of the major French writers today.”—Lire Magazine


      "Mauvignier's novel is one of the most impressive fictional portrayals of the Algerian war to date."—Patricia M.E. Lorcin, H-France.net

      “The Wound gives us a France that few American readers will recognize, a land and a people marked by a history in which memory and violence can seem indistinguishable. . . . David and Nicole Ball’s translation is as elegant as a flick-knife—a superb version of this viscerally important novel.”—Michael Gorra, author of Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece

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