A Very Long Engagement
Author: Sébastien Japrisot
During the First World War five French soldiers, accused of a cowardly attempt to evade duty, are bundled into no man’s land and certain death. Five bodies are later recovered; the families are notified that the men died in the line of duty… After the war Mathilde, the fiancée of one of the men, receives a letter which hints at what might have happened, and she sets off….Read More
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