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3 books by Jacques Chessex
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Overview: Jacques Chessex is one of Switzerland’s greatest living writers. Born in Payern, Switzerland Chessex is a poet, writer and artist. He is among the most important writers who write in French. In 1973, he received international recognition when he became the first Swiss to win the biggest French literary prize - "Goncourt" for his novel "L'Ogre ". The same model was the first foreigner awarded the prestigious award. In 2004 and received "Goncourt" for poetry. "American readers of A Jew Must Die will quickly understand why Chessex was honored with the Goncourt. Read him for the historical context and for the sheer beauty of his prose."
Jacques Chessex died in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, of a heart attack during a meeting with the readers on October 9, 2009
Genre: Fiction | General Fiction/Classics
A Jew Must Die
A novel based on a true story.
On April 16, 1942, a handful of Swiss Nazis in Payerne lure Arthur Bloch, a Jewish cattle merchant, into an empty stable and kill him with a crowbar. Europe is in flames, but this is Switzerland, and Payerne, a rural market town of butchers and bankers, is more worried about unemployment and local bankruptcies than the fate of nations across the border. Fernand Ischi, leader of the local Nazi cell, blames it all on the town’s Jewish population and wants to set an example, thinking the German embassy would be grateful. Ischi's dream of becoming the local gauleiter is shattered, however, when the milk containers used to dissimulate Bloch's body parts is discovered floating in a lake nearby, leading to his arrest.
Praise for A Jew Must Die:
•“Chessex, our new Flaubert, has no equal when describing horror without flinching, screaming sotto voce and exploring guilt in taut prose.”—Le Nouvel Observateur
•“A masterpiece. Beauty of the world, ubiquity of evil, God’s silence, it’s all there, delivered like a slap to the face.”—Le Point
•“A great author explores a nightmare not as anachronistic as it might appear.”—L’Hebdo
The Vampire of Ropraz
Jacques Chessex, winner of the prestigious Goncourt prize, takes a true story and weaves it into a lyrical tale of fear and cruelty.
1903, Ropraz, a small village in Switzerland. On a howling December day, a lone walker discovers a recently opened tomb, the body of a young woman violated, her left hand cut off, genitals mutilated and heart carved out. There is horror in the nearby villages: the return of atavistic superstitions and mutual suspicions. Then two more bodies are violated. A suspect must be found. Favez, a stable-boy with blood-shot eyes, is arrested, convicted, placed into psychiatric care. In 1915, he vanishes.
• “Far from just telling us a simple story Chessex has had the intelligence to integrate a dose of poetry, of the aesthetics of sin, and of the metaphysics of the monster.”—Lire
• "All the more chilling for having its roots in a true story, this is an evocative tale of fear, prejudice and cruelty among country folk.” —Daily Mail
• “A truly horrifying tale of superstition, madness and retribution. Chessex brilliantly renders both the inhospitable winter landscape of the mountains and the harshness of a society that makes monsters of its victims.”—London Review of Books
The Tyrant
A haunting work, reminiscent of Albert Camus, that portrays with exquisite psychological detail the emotional crisis in the life of Jean Calmet, a young Swiss schoolteacher. As we watch the father's cremation in the opening chapter, we sense that, even though his father's body has been reduced to ashes, his spirit survives to haunt Jean. His father's prodigious vitality and virility had crushed his family and ruined his son's childhood. Even after his father's death, Jean cannot be free. The parental ogre's actions continue to suck Jean into a vortex of despair.
•"Page after page of rich prose, reflecting the essence of life—a wonderful meditation on death."—L'Express
•"A disturbing novel, a poignant juxtaposition of life and death, landscapes and short thoughts, obsessed by the father's role in a son's life. A novel to be devoured in one go."—Le Monde
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Requirements: ePUB Reader, 610KB | Retail
Overview: Jacques Chessex is one of Switzerland’s greatest living writers. Born in Payern, Switzerland Chessex is a poet, writer and artist. He is among the most important writers who write in French. In 1973, he received international recognition when he became the first Swiss to win the biggest French literary prize - "Goncourt" for his novel "L'Ogre ". The same model was the first foreigner awarded the prestigious award. In 2004 and received "Goncourt" for poetry. "American readers of A Jew Must Die will quickly understand why Chessex was honored with the Goncourt. Read him for the historical context and for the sheer beauty of his prose."
Jacques Chessex died in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, of a heart attack during a meeting with the readers on October 9, 2009
Genre: Fiction | General Fiction/Classics
A Jew Must Die
A novel based on a true story.
On April 16, 1942, a handful of Swiss Nazis in Payerne lure Arthur Bloch, a Jewish cattle merchant, into an empty stable and kill him with a crowbar. Europe is in flames, but this is Switzerland, and Payerne, a rural market town of butchers and bankers, is more worried about unemployment and local bankruptcies than the fate of nations across the border. Fernand Ischi, leader of the local Nazi cell, blames it all on the town’s Jewish population and wants to set an example, thinking the German embassy would be grateful. Ischi's dream of becoming the local gauleiter is shattered, however, when the milk containers used to dissimulate Bloch's body parts is discovered floating in a lake nearby, leading to his arrest.
Praise for A Jew Must Die:
•“Chessex, our new Flaubert, has no equal when describing horror without flinching, screaming sotto voce and exploring guilt in taut prose.”—Le Nouvel Observateur
•“A masterpiece. Beauty of the world, ubiquity of evil, God’s silence, it’s all there, delivered like a slap to the face.”—Le Point
•“A great author explores a nightmare not as anachronistic as it might appear.”—L’Hebdo
The Vampire of Ropraz
Jacques Chessex, winner of the prestigious Goncourt prize, takes a true story and weaves it into a lyrical tale of fear and cruelty.
1903, Ropraz, a small village in Switzerland. On a howling December day, a lone walker discovers a recently opened tomb, the body of a young woman violated, her left hand cut off, genitals mutilated and heart carved out. There is horror in the nearby villages: the return of atavistic superstitions and mutual suspicions. Then two more bodies are violated. A suspect must be found. Favez, a stable-boy with blood-shot eyes, is arrested, convicted, placed into psychiatric care. In 1915, he vanishes.
• “Far from just telling us a simple story Chessex has had the intelligence to integrate a dose of poetry, of the aesthetics of sin, and of the metaphysics of the monster.”—Lire
• "All the more chilling for having its roots in a true story, this is an evocative tale of fear, prejudice and cruelty among country folk.” —Daily Mail
• “A truly horrifying tale of superstition, madness and retribution. Chessex brilliantly renders both the inhospitable winter landscape of the mountains and the harshness of a society that makes monsters of its victims.”—London Review of Books
The Tyrant
A haunting work, reminiscent of Albert Camus, that portrays with exquisite psychological detail the emotional crisis in the life of Jean Calmet, a young Swiss schoolteacher. As we watch the father's cremation in the opening chapter, we sense that, even though his father's body has been reduced to ashes, his spirit survives to haunt Jean. His father's prodigious vitality and virility had crushed his family and ruined his son's childhood. Even after his father's death, Jean cannot be free. The parental ogre's actions continue to suck Jean into a vortex of despair.
•"Page after page of rich prose, reflecting the essence of life—a wonderful meditation on death."—L'Express
•"A disturbing novel, a poignant juxtaposition of life and death, landscapes and short thoughts, obsessed by the father's role in a son's life. A novel to be devoured in one go."—Le Monde
Download Instructions:
https://uploadrar.com/58pfoeup1mvj
https://userscloud.com/kmefpm92kcel
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