Dimensions
130 x 197 x 11mm
In the officers' war of a Paris hospital, three young men and a woman meet in the early days of World War I. Each has suffered horrific injuries to the face: Adrien, the narrator; Penanster, a Breton aristocrat; Weil, a Jewish aviator; and Marguerite, a nurse, one of the few women in the hospital. The friendship that the four form sustains them through the months and years that follow.
When the war ends they are released from hospital, to adapt as best they can to life outside. Based on the true war experiences of the author's grandfather, this is a moving, humorous and humane novel about war and survival.
'The Officers' Ward' won the Prix des Libraires, the Prix Deux Magots, the Prix Notre Temps, the Prix Litteraire du Rotary Club International and the Prix du Rotary Premier Roman.
