by Lucien Bodard · PLAZA & JANES · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401301421
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«El cónsul» is the novel by Lucien Bodard about China at the turn of the twentieth century, published by Plaza & Janés in hardcover (409 pages, in Spanish).
The work recreates a China of the early twentieth century through the eyes of a consul. Bodard weaves together everyday situations and figures of very diverse backgrounds to form a broad tableau in which misery and luxury, violence and diplomatic intrigue coexist.
Original title: Monsieur le consul. Winner of the Prix Interallié in 1973. Translation by J. Ferrer Aleu. Novelistas del Día collection.
For readers of historical and social fiction, especially those seeking a setting in China in the first half of the twentieth century.
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.
