Roux the Bandit: A Novel
Sep 2016 · Casemate Classic War Fiction Book 8 · Open Road Media
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A Frenchman flees his small mountain village to avoid service in World War I in a thoughtful, witty novel about the conflict of patriotism and conscience.
Deep in the Cévennes Mountains of southern France, a man called Roux refuses to heed the call to duty at the outbreak of war in 1914. Instead, he flees and hides in the hills, returning only occasionally to the farm where he left his mother and sisters.
The people of the valley condemn his desertion and hope the police will find his hideout and force him into the army. Then, as the months and the years go by, and the horrors of the trenches become known, the locals begin to understand Roux’s actions—but it is only at the end of the war that his fate will be decided.
In an atmospheric and often witty novel of life during wartime in a rural French community, André Chamson explores the questions of perception and morality, as well as the roles we play in the great historical events of our times.
Deep in the Cévennes Mountains of southern France, a man called Roux refuses to heed the call to duty at the outbreak of war in 1914. Instead, he flees and hides in the hills, returning only occasionally to the farm where he left his mother and sisters.
The people of the valley condemn his desertion and hope the police will find his hideout and force him into the army. Then, as the months and the years go by, and the horrors of the trenches become known, the locals begin to understand Roux’s actions—but it is only at the end of the war that his fate will be decided.
In an atmospheric and often witty novel of life during wartime in a rural French community, André Chamson explores the questions of perception and morality, as well as the roles we play in the great historical events of our times.
A Frenchman flees his small mountain village to avoid service in World War I in a thoughtful, witty novel about the conflict of patriotism and conscience.
Deep in the Cévennes Mountains of southern France, a man called Roux refuses to heed the call to duty at the outbreak of war in 1914. Instead...
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André Chamson (1900–1983) was an archivist, museum curator, novelist, and essayist. He was the founder-director of the journal Vendredi. After World War II, he was a curator at the Musée du Petit Palais and director of the Archives de France. Chamson was president of PEN International, the worldwide association of writers, from 1956 to 1959. In 1956, he was elected to the Académie française. Chamson set most of his stories in the Cévennes, where he was born.
André Chamson (1900–1983) was an archivist, museum curator, novelist, and essayist. He was the founder-director of the journal Vendredi. After World War II, he was a curator at the Musée du Petit Palais and director of the Archives de France. Chamson was president of PEN International, the world...
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