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Name: By a Slow River
Rating: 4.3 (6 reviews)
Author: Phillipe Claudel
ISBN: 9781400042807

By a Slow River

by Phillipe Claudel

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First Published:
Jun 13, 2006, 208 pages

Paperback:
Jun 2007, 208 pages

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- Literary Fiction
- Europe
- France
- 20th Century (multiple decades)
- Debuts
- Books in Translation
- War Related
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Hardly to be called a crime novel, this existential novel about murder and relationships in a French town is an excellent read that will leave you thinking about the characters long after you put the book down.--Claudel is a master.

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