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Clara's Tale Pierre Peju

Clara's Tale By Pierre Peju

Clara's Tale by Pierre Peju


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Summary

Paul, a young Frenchman, meets Clara in the Bavarian village of Kehlstein during the 1960s. He is the son of a Resistance fighter, murdered in mysterious circumstances; she, the daughter of a doctor who had served in the Wehrmacht.

Clara's Tale Summary

Clara's Tale by Pierre Peju

Paul, the son of a Resistance fighter murdered in mysterious circumstances, meets Clara on an exchange trip to Bavaria in the 1960s. He is enthralled by the beautiful and self-possessed young woman and her fascination with photography, but as their relationship deepens he learns more about the tragedy that haunts her.

As their paths cross and intertwine in often unexpected ways over the years they each fulfil their own ambitions - Paul becomes a sculptor, she a photographer - but in their work, as in their lives, neither can escape the legay of horrors committed before their birth.

Clara's Tale Reviews

This is a story of light and shadow, of forests and clearings, of memory and shame, told in effortless prose, with a beautiful literary intelligence * L'Express *
A powerful novel...beautiful prose which offers acute observations as it reflects on the fragility of life * Financial Times *
A meditation on the nihilism of the 20th century...But it is also, as all good novels must be, a narrative, and one that is gripping - often chilling, but with marvellous moments of redemptive tenderness * Scotsman *

About Pierre Peju

PIERRE PEJU, writer, philosopher and director of studies at the International College of Philosophy, has written four books including The Girl from the Chartreuse.

Additional information

GOR001743394
9780099499336
0099499339
Clara's Tale by Pierre Peju
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
2008-08-07
320
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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