Irreverent, witty and often barmy novel about how people make sense of war. Begins in 1940 with a young woman running naked down the boulevard du Montparnasse.
Mirror of our Sorrows
£20.00
Edition:Hardback978152941692302/02/2023
Categories: 04. New Year 2023: Fiction, Fiction, New Year 2023
Tags: Fiction in Translation, France
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