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The French Art of War

L'Art français de la guerre

Alexis Jenni (born 1963)

Translated by Frank Wynne

English editions

In English

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Down on his luck, the narrator meets Victorien Salagnon, veteran of France's colonial wars and perhaps the army's only painter. In exchange for painting lessons he writes down Salagnon's life, and in it discovers the violence beneath his quiet city.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
633 pages in the original
Genres
War, Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)
Set in
France, Vietnam, Algeria
First published
2011 by Gallimard
Author's age
48 when first published
ISBN

9782070134588 (original)

9780857897558 (Atlantic Books, United Kingdom)

9780857897541 (Atlantic Books, United Kingdom)

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