Brodeck's Report -

Philippe Claudel

Quercus

2009

288 páginas

9h 36m

ISBN-10: 1906694052

A powerful and moving novel about the ravages war and the need to tell the truth, even in the face of adversity.

After the close of a great war, a mysterious stranger arrives in a small European village. He is an artist and he begins sketching the villagers, showing the painful reality of the crimes and betrayals the war left in its wake. Consumed by distrust, the villagers conspire and murder him. The authorities commission Brodeck, a timid, low-level bureaucrat, to write a report that essentially whitewashes the incident. Brodeck agrees to write the official account, but he simultaneously sets down his version of the incident in a parallel narrative, which interweaves his own horrific experiences as a prisoner of war, the truth about the stranger’s disappearance, and the dark secrets the villagers have fought fiercely to keep hidden.

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Livrasso!

Que livrasso, meus amigos! Um livro que te mostra o pior das pessoas, que te faz ter uma empatia enorme pelo protagonista e entender direitinho as dores dele. Queria que esse livro fosse publicado no Brasil para que mais pessoas tivessem acesso.