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Title: Red Collar, The: Europa Editions
Author: RUFIN JEAN CHRISTOPHE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/05/2016
Imprint: EUROPA
Price: $27.00
Publishing status: Active
In 1919, in a small town in the province of Berry, France, under the sweltering temperatures of summer heat wave, a war hero is being held prisoner in an abandoned barrack. In front of the door to his prison, a mangy dog barks night and day. Miles from where he is being held, in the French countryside, an intelligent young woman works the land the land, waiting and hoping. Meanwhile, a judge whose principles have been sorely shaken by the war is travelling to an unknown location to sort out certain affairs of which it is better not to speak. Three characters. In their midst, a dog who holds the key both to their futures and to this intriguing plot. Full of poetry and life, The Red Collar is at once a pleasingly straightforward narrative about the human spirit and a profound work about loyalty and love. ‘What does it mean to fight for what one loves? To act out of loyalty? Or out of solidarity? In The Red Collar, a delicate and poetic novel, Rufin examines that which makes us human.’ L’express (France) ‘Without special effects, with simplicity and the pure pleasure of telling a story, Jean-Christophe Rufin explores the meaning of faithfulness, loyalty, and honor.’ Le Figaro (France) Praise for Jean-Christophe Rufin’s The Dream Maker ‘The Dream Maker brings to vivid life the exemplary career of a little known medieval paragon: Jacques Cœur, banker, visionary and crafter of the glory that was France.’ The Barnes & Noble Review
ISBN: 9781609452735