A lost classic lays bare the darkest moment of Frances post-war historyFirst published in Paris in 1957, as Frances engagement in Algeria became ever more bloody, On Leave received a handful of reviews and soon disappeared from view. Through David Belloss translation, this lost classic has been rediscovered. Spare, forceful and moving, the novel describes a week in the lives of a sergeant, a corporal and a private, home on leave in Paris. Full of sympathy and feeling, informed by the many hours ...
