The Flanders Road by Claude Simon

The Flanders Road

Claude Simon with Richard Howard (Translator), Jerry Carlson (Contributor)

256 pages first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced
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By the winner of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature, a riveting, stylistically audacious modernist epic about the French cavalry’s bloody face-off against German Panzer tanks during WWII.On a sunny day in May 1940, the French army sent out the cav...

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Community Reviews Summary of 32 reviews

Moods

challenging 100%
dark 75%
mysterious 50%
reflective 50%
emotional 25%
sad 25%
tense 25%

Pace

slow 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

N/A: 50% | Yes: 50%

Loveable characters?

No: 33% | It's complicated: 33% | N/A: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.81

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