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Marcel

Marcel

Erwin Mortier (born 1965)

Translated by Ina Rilke

English editions

In English

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Somewhere in the Flemish countryside a young boy lives with his grandparents among relatives and neighbours who keep half hiding, half airing an awkward history. Piece by piece he works out the family's wartime disgrace: an uncle served with the SS on the German side. Hovering over everything is Marcel, the great-uncle he is named after, killed on the Russian front.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
141 pages in the original
Genres
Family, War (assigned by AI)
Set in
Belgium
First published
1999 by Meulenhoff
Author's age
34 when first published
ISBN

9789029059459 (original)

9781860468742 (Harvill Press, United Kingdom)

9780099448662 (Vintage, United Kingdom)

9781782270188 (Pushkin Press, United Kingdom)

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