Brodeck's Report (French: Le Rapport de Brodeck) is a 2007 novel by the French writer Philippe Claudel. The narrative investigates the murder of a mysterious man in an indefinite country just after the war. The book won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.[1] The location and the time are never explicit in the novel. However the parallel with World War II is obvious.
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| Author | Philippe Claudel |
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| Original title | Le Rapport de Brodeck |
| Translator | John Cullen |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Stock |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 2010 |
| Pages | 416 |
| ISBN | 9782234057739 |
Reception
editHelen Brown of The Daily Telegraph called the novel "deeply wise and classically beautiful". Brown wrote: "Brodeck's Report won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens in the original French and John Cullen's English translation is as clear as a mountain stream. It is a modern masterpiece."[2] Globally, Complete Review saying on the consensus "Almost all very impressed".[3]
In Other Media
editManu Larcenet adapted it as a graphic novel of the same name in 2015.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Flood, Alison (2010-05-14). "Independent foreign fiction prize goes to Philippe Claudel". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
- ^ Brown, Helen (2009-04-23). "Brodeck's Report by Philippe Claudel: review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
- ^ "Brodeck's Report". Complete Review. 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
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