- International Booker Prize 2021 · Shortlist · for the translation by Mark Polizzotti
The War of the Poor
La guerre des pauvres
Éric Vuillard (born 1968)
Translated by Mark Polizzotti
English editions
In EnglishThe War of the Poor
Other Press · United States · 22 February 2022 · Paperback · 112 pages
The War of the Poor
Picador · United Kingdom · 6 January 2022 · Paperback · 80 pages
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In 1524 the poor of the Holy Roman Empire rose against their masters, in what is usually called the Peasants' War and what Friedrich Engels, writing in 1850, cast as an early step towards communism. Renaming it after the poor who fought it, this short, blazing account sets the revolt within the rebellions sparked by the early Reformation and keeps its eye on Thomas Müntzer, a preacher who became one of the insurgents' leaders.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 68 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Germany, 1524–1526
- First published
- 2019 by Actes Sud
- Author's age
- 51 when first published
- ISBN
9782330103668 (original)
9781529038552 (Picador, United Kingdom)
9781635422573 (Other Press, United States)
- More
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