A major publishing event the first paperback publication of a lost masterpiecewritten in France in 1941 telling the story of a group of characters livingunder t... » 

A major publishing event the first paperback publication of a lost masterpiecewritten in France in 1941 telling the story of a group of characters livingunder the Nazi occupation. The author died in Auschwitz in 1942 and wasawarded the prestigious Prix Renaudot in 2005 the first time that the prizehas been awarded posthumously. A book of exceptional literary quality it hasthe kind of intimacy found in the diary of Anne Frank TLS. One of thoserare books that demands to be read Helen Dunmore Guardian. An audio editionis also published this month. «