| The Ogre Contributor(s): Tournier, Michel (Author), Bray, Barbara (Translator) |
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ISBN: 080185590X ISBN-13: 9780801855900 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $29.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1997 Annotation: An international bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, The Ogre is a masterful tale of innocence, perversion, and obsession. It follows the passage of strange, gentle Abel Tiffauges from submissive schoolboy to "ogre" of the Nazi school at the castle of Kaltenborn, taking us deeper into the dark heart of fascism than any novel since The Tin Drum. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96046778 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.44" W x 7.94" (0.92 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An international bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, The Ogre is a masterful tale of innocence, perversion, and obsession. It follows the passage of strange, gentle Abel Tiffauges from submissive schoolboy to "ogre" of the Nazi school at the castle of Kaltenborn, taking us deeper into the dark heart of fascism than any novel since The Tin Drum. Until the very last page, when Abel meets his mystic fate in the collapsing ruins of the Third Reich, it shocks us, dazzles us, and above all holds us spellbound. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tournier, Michel: - Born in 1924, Michel Tournier studied philosophy and then became a journalist and a writer. He is the author of several novels, including The Ogre, The Four Wise Men, Gemini, and The Golden Droplet. The Ogre is also available in paperback from Johns Hopkins. |