Marcel - Softcover
A novel about a child's growing awareness of the secret at the heart of his family. A ten-year old boy lives alone with his grandmother in a Flemish village. Among the photographs his grandmother cherishes is a portrait of Marcel, who died young, far away. How did he die? The little boy is determined to find out. When he finds letters from Marcel in the attic, he decides to take them to school. He points excitedly to the letterhead - an eagle holding something in its claws. As his fellow pupils fall silent, the teacher explains that the symbol is a swastika. Undeterred, the boy decides that he must discover what became of Marcel. Marcel is a sympathetic, often hilarious exploration of hidden pasts, of pride and shame - of the burden of guilt borne by so many in post-war Europe.
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"Marcel is a brilliant novel, full of nostalgia, the bitter history of Flemish collaboration and hilarious humour... exceptionally rich in atmosphere" Standaard der Letteren; "Alive, deadly funny and deeply moving" Trouw
About the Author:
Erwin Mortier was born in 1965. He is an art historian, attached to the Belgian museum Dr. Guislain in Ghent. He has worked for the Belgian newspaper De Morgen and the Belgian Radio Broadcasting Corporation. His second novel has just been published in Holland.
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- PublisherThe Harvill Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1860468748
- ISBN 13 9781860468742
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages119
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