by Franz-Olivier Giesbert · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246552819
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«Le sieur Dieu» is the novel by Franz-Olivier Giesbert, published by Bernard Grasset in 1998 (409 pages, in French).
In Provence in 1545, Jehan Dieu de La Viguerie, master surgeon and moralist, tries to heal bodies and souls while the king's and the pope's troops massacre the Waldensians. At the same time, a serial killer steals the livers of young girls, and the protagonist investigates while reflecting on his journey to the other side of the earth and the twelve prophets who obsess him.
The work, subtitled «roman», is framed as a historical novel according to catalogue records.
For readers of historical fiction and intrigue narratives with a religious and metaphysical backdrop, provided they are comfortable with French.
Franz-Olivier Giesbert is an American-born French journalist, author, and television presenter.
