by Lucien Bodard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783492021036
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«Der Konsul» is the historical novel by Lucien Bodard, published by R. Piper & Co. in paperback (484 pages, in German).
Set in China during the French colonial era, it follows a consul caught in the political, diplomatic and cultural tensions of the Sichuan region. It blends history and adventure with a portrait of power, intrigues and encounters between cultures.
«Monsieur le consul», the original French work, received the Prix Interallié in 1973; this edition is the German translation by Rolf and Hedda Soellner.
For readers of historical and adventure fiction interested in colonial China and twentieth-century European narrative.
Lucien Bodard was a Chinese-born French reporter, and writer on events in East and Southeast Asia, such as the Indochinese nations becoming independent from France, and the Vietnam War.
