by Diane Ducret · J'ai lu · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290150825
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«Les indésirables» is the historical novel by Diane Ducret, published by J'ai lu in paperback (352 pages, in French).
At the start of World War II, Eva and Lise, two friends interned in the Gurs camp (Pyrenees), sing in a cabaret: one is Aryan and the other Jewish. They perform songs of love and freedom in German, Yiddish and French. A secret pact binds them to Suzanne «la goulue», Ernesto the Spaniard and Commander Davergne to resist the barbarism.
The plot is inspired by real events: the Gurs camp, in the Pyrenees, housed thousands of women whom the French state deemed «undesirable».
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction set during World War II.
Diane Ducret is a Franco-Belgian writer. She has published both non-fiction historical books and novels. Much of her writing concerns the historical experiences of women, including studies of women who were closely associated with notorious dictators or gangsters. She has also written comedic fiction, and worked as a writer and host for historical television series.
