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Les Âmes Grises
''Les Âmes grises'' is a novel by the French author Philippe Claudel. It is a first person narrative which revolves around the murder of a young girl in a small provincial French town near the Western Front (World War I), Western Front in 1917. The book was published in France in 2003 and won the Prix Renaudot. It was also shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Femina. ''Les Âmes grises'' has been translated into 28 languages. The British edition, translated by Adriana Hunter, has been released under the title ''Grey Souls'', while the American translation by Hoyt Rogers is called ''By a Slow River''. The book was also turned into a movie of the same name by director Yves Angelo. References External links Complete Review page 2003 French novels Novels by Philippe Claudel French historical novels Novels set during World War I Novels set in France Fiction set in 1917 French novels adapted into films {{2000s-WWI-novel-stub Translations into English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Claudel
Philippe Claudel (born 2 February 1962) is a French writer and film director. Claudel was born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, Meurthe-et-Moselle. In addition to his writing, Claudel is a professor of literature at the University of Nancy. He directed the 2008 film ''I've Loved You So Long'' (''Il y a longtemps que je t'aime''). Much admired, it won the 2009 BAFTA for the best film not in English. Life After studying in Nancy, France, Nancy, he remained there and for eleven years worked as a teacher in prisons. Contact with his students inspired short stories, novels, and then screenplays. He has said that the experience made him give up his simple opinions about people, about guilt, about the water to judge others. "It's clear to me now that it would have been impossible for me to write a novel like ''Brodeck's Report'' or ''Grey Souls'', to make a movie like ''I've Loved You So Long'', if I hadn't been in jail." Awards His best-known work to date is the novel ''Les Âmes grises'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |