El arte francés de la guerra

Synopsis of El arte francés de la guerra

«El arte francés de la guerra» is the novel by Alexis Jenni, published by Círculo De Lectores in paperback (670 pages, in Spanish).

A man on the brink of social exclusion meets an elderly French war veteran. Through painting, the veteran recalls the Resistance, Indochina and Algeria. The novel reflects on colonialism, violence and the search for meaning in the conflicts that marked twentieth-century France.

Spanish edition published in 2013; the work received the 2011 Prix Goncourt.

For readers interested in French colonial history, the Indochina and Algeria wars and historical memory through fiction.