A bestseller in France and winner of the Prix Renaudot, By a Slow River is a mesmerizing and atmospheric tale of three mysterious deaths in an oddly isolated French village during World War I.The placid daily life of a small town near the front seems impervious to the nearby pounding of artillery...
Je m'appelle Brodeck et je n'y suis pour rien. Je tiens à le dire. Il faut que tout le monde le sache.Moi je n'ai rien fait, et lorsque j'ai su ce qui venait de se passer, j'aurais aimé ne jamais en parler, ligoter ma mémoire, la tenir bien serrée dans ses liens de façon à ce qu'elle demeure tran...
The card was fragrant with the essence of roses, and written on it, very elegantly and in violet ink, were the following words:This evening, at seven o’clock, in Schloss’s Inn, portraits and landscapesMore than one villager examined his card from every angle, turning it over and over, sniffing it...