The Flanders RoadClaude SimonLabel: Calder Publications LtdDescription: Only edition in printDuring the German advance through Belgium into France in 1940 Captain de Reixach is shot dead by a sniper. Three witnesses involved with him during his lifetime in different capacities – a distant relative an orderly and a jockey who had an affair with his wife – remember him and help the reader piece together the realities behind the man and his death.A groundbreaking work for which Claude Simon devised a prose technique mimicking the mind’s fluid thought processes The Flanders Road is not only a masterpiece of stylistic innovation but also a haunting portrayal – based on a real-life incident – of the chaos and savagery of war.
"Claude Simon The Flanders Road (Paperback) is an excellent book for readers interested in French literature."
