by Alexis Jenni · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070450398
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«L'art français de la guerre» is a historical novel by Alexis Jenni, published by Folio in paperback (784 pages, in French).
A young man with no ambitions watches on television as French soldiers leave for the Gulf War in 1991 and begins to question the price of his freedom. His encounter with Victorien Salagnon, an old soldier and painter, leads him to reconstruct the wars in Indochina and Algeria and to explore the mark of violence on French identity.
Winner of the Prix Goncourt 2011. Originally published in 2011, this paperback edition is from February 2013.
For readers of historical and war fiction interested in the French colonial past and how violence shaped the identity of France.
Alexis Jenni is a French novelist and biology teacher. His debut novel, The French Art of War, won the 2011 Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award.
