by Jean-Christophe Rufin · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070462971
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«Le collier rouge» is the historical novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin, published by Folio in paperback (176 pages, in French).
In 1919, in Berry, a war hero remains imprisoned in a deserted barracks while his dog barks at the door. A young peasant woman, more educated than usual, awaits news; an aristocratic judge whose principles the war broke arrives to investigate. The drama deals with loyalty and with recognizing a brother even in the enemy.
The novel was originally published in French in 2014; this Folio paperback edition dates from April 10, 2015.
Short novel set in the aftermath of World War I, for readers of historical fiction and contemporary French narrative.
Jean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor, diplomat, historian and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger, one of the earliest members of Médecins Sans Frontières, and a member of the Académie française.
