by Lucien Bodard · FisicalBook · tapa dura · ISBN 9783492022491
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«Der Sohn des Konsuls» is the historical novel by Lucien Bodard, published by FisicalBook in hardcover (437 pages, in German).
The story is set in 20th-century China and follows the childhood and youth of the son of a French consul, raised amid colonial privileges. Bodard interweaves the protagonist's perspective with the country's political turmoil, the revolution and cultural clash, and addresses the identity crisis of one who belongs to two worlds.
The original French title, «Le Fils du Consul», was published in 1975; the German translation is by Rolf and Hedda Soellner.
For readers of historical fiction and memoirs about colonial China and the end of colonialism in the Far East.
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.
