New title – „The Client“

New title – „The Client“

New year – new book, a novel you won't be able to put down once you start reading!

The Client (translated by Dubravka Celebrini) is a novel full of unexpected twists, which makes us think about the superficial judgments we can have about the behavior of others, the story of a man possessed whose desire to understand almost brings him to the edge. It can be read in one breath, it opens anew the questions of the anatomy of evil and the power of prejudice, and questions morality during Nazism and the war. While researching the life of a writer, a biographer comes across thousands of letters of denunciation written during the Occupation, the authors of which were in principle exempt from criminal prosecution. One of them refers to his friend, a Jewish furrier whose family was deported to a concentration camp. Who is the author of that letter and what is his motive? The informer's name appears in the files, but not his reasons for the act. The culprit is someone close, very close... Revealing his identity would be rubbing salt in the wound because so many others would just like to forget everything. Also, it would mean uncovering long-buried secrets and opening old wounds. The Client takes place in a Parisian street in the 15th arrondissement, between three shops, a bistro, a church and a bus.

You can learn more about the novel here.