THE JOURNEY

La Traversée - Clément Paurd - Hardcover book - 17 x 24 cm - 250 pages - 2019 - €26

 

 

“War makes mincemeat of heroes and do-gooders.”
Firmin the soldier and his Captain are marching along the line of an endless horizon. While the Captain, pompous and sure of himself, soliloquizes about their struggle with the Enemy, Firmin waxes ironic about their vagabond situation: separated from their regiment, they are attempting to make their way back to the front. But no signs point the way, and the battle always seems to be happening a bit farther off …

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