On Leave
A lost classic lays bare the darkest moment of France''s post-war history
First published in Paris in 1957, as France''s engagement in Algeria became ever more bloody, On Leave received a handful of reviews and soon disappeared from view. Through David Bellos''s translation, this lost classic has been rediscovered. Spare, forceful and moving, the novel describes a week in the lives of a sergeant, a...
A lost classic lays bare the darkest moment of France''s post-war history
First published in Paris in 1957, as France''s engagement in Algeria became ever more bloody, On Leave received a handful of reviews and soon disappeared from view. Through David Bellos''s translation, this lost classic has been rediscovered. Spare, forceful and moving, the novel describes a week in the lives of a sergeant, a...
