The Pork Butcher
  • Published:
    Jan-1985 (Hardcover)
    Apr-1998 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    123
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During the Second World War, a unit of the German army of occupation in France was troubled by partisan activity and decided on reprisals against the town of Oradour. As a result of that decision, the name of that small place is known around the world.
In the novel, a former soldier, who was swept up by his unit against his will on that day, for he had a rendezvous with a woman with whom he intended to escape, nevertheless took part in the massacre; many years later, he returns to Oradour on a kind of pilgrimage of penance. The visit is oddly pleasurable and oddly disappointingâ€"until he finds a physical clue that destroys his last hope that he can be innocent in his own eyes.
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    • Apr-1998
    • New Amsterdam Books
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0941533492
    • ISBN13: 9780941533492
    • First Edition
    • Jan-1985
    • Knopf
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0805239847
    • ISBN13: 9780805239843



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