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La Part du fils
“The Son’s Share” (title translated by AI)
Jean-Luc Coatalem (born 1959)
English editions
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In September 1943 Paol, a retired colonial officer, is denounced and taken by the Gestapo in Finistère, jailed in Brest and sent into the Nazi camps. His family stays silent. Decades later his grandson searches archives and witnesses, imagining what he cannot find.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 261 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family, War, Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- France, Germany, 1943
- First published
- 2019 by Stock
- Author's age
- 60 when first published
- ISBN
9782234077195 (original)