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Jean-Luc Coatalem

Born 1959 · France

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    Goncourt 2019 · Shortlist

    La Part du fils

    Title translated by AI:“The Son’s Share”

    Jean-Luc Coatalem · 60 when first published

    Novel · 261 pages · Family, War, Historical

    AI-generated summary:In September 1943 a former colonial officer is arrested by the Gestapo in a village in Finistère on the strength of a letter of denunciation. Decades later, his grandson sets out to find him.