Brodeck's Report

Brodeck's Report
AuthorPhilippe Claudel
Original titleLe Rapport de Brodeck
TranslatorJohn Cullen
LanguageFrench
PublisherStock
Publication date
2007
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
2010
Pages416
ISBN9782234057739

Brodeck's Report (French: Le Rapport de Brodeck) is a 2007 novel by the French writer Philippe Claudel. The narrative investigates the murder of a mysterious man in an indefinite country just after the war. The book won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.[1] The location and the time are never explicit in the novel. However the parallel with World War II is obvious.

Reception

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Helen Brown of The Daily Telegraph called the novel "deeply wise and classically beautiful". Brown wrote: "Brodeck's Report won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens in the original French and John Cullen's English translation is as clear as a mountain stream. It is a modern masterpiece."[2] Globally, Complete Review saying on the consensus "Almost all very impressed".[3]

In Other Media

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Manu Larcenet adapted it as a graphic novel of the same name in 2015.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Flood, Alison (2010-05-14). "Independent foreign fiction prize goes to Philippe Claudel". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  2. ^ Brown, Helen (2009-04-23). "Brodeck's Report by Philippe Claudel: review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  3. ^ "Brodeck's Report". Complete Review. 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2023-10-04.