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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
