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Marcel

by Erwin Mortier
Ina Rilke
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Written from the point of view of a ten-year-old boy who lives with his grandmother, Marcel is a striking debut novel describing the vivid history of a family in a Flemish village. The mysterious death of Marcel, the family favourite, has always haunted the young boy. With the help of his schoolteacher, he starts to discover the secrets of Marcel’s ‘black’ past. The story of his death on the Eastern Front for the sake of Flanders, and the shame this brought upon his family gradually become clear. Erwin Mortier unravels this shameful family past in an unusually sensitive and evocative manner.
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Publisher: Steerforth Press

Kindle Book

  • Release date: July 3, 2014

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781782270867
  • Release date: July 3, 2014

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781782270867
  • File size: 281 KB
  • Release date: July 3, 2014

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
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subjects

Fiction Literature

Languages

English

Written from the point of view of a ten-year-old boy who lives with his grandmother, Marcel is a striking debut novel describing the vivid history of a family in a Flemish village. The mysterious death of Marcel, the family favourite, has always haunted the young boy. With the help of his schoolteacher, he starts to discover the secrets of Marcel’s ‘black’ past. The story of his death on the Eastern Front for the sake of Flanders, and the shame this brought upon his family gradually become clear. Erwin Mortier unravels this shameful family past in an unusually sensitive and evocative manner.
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Fiction Literature