Crawl Space: A Novel

Type

Book

Authors

Edie Meidav

ISBN 10

0312425759

ISBN 13

9780312425753

Tags

Historical, United States, Literary

Description

Winner of the Bard Fiction Prize A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the YearAn Electric Review Best Book of the YearA ReadySteadyBook Best Book of the YearIt's 1999 and Emile Poulquet awaits sentencing in a Paris court for deporting thousands to almost certain death during World War II. But, haunted by ghosts from his former life, and determined to confront his dark legacy, he escapes and heads toward his beloved Finier, a rural town in the south of France where he once served as prefect. His return will have explosive consequences.By turns reflective and slyly humorous, Crawl Space poignantly describes one man's tragic attempt to come to terms with the past. - from Amzon

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