An international bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, The Ogre is a masterful tale of innocence, perversion, and obsession. It follows the passage of strange, gentle Abel Tiffauges from submissive schoolboy to ogre of the Nazi school at the castle of Kaltenborn, taking us deeper into the dark heart of fascism than any novel since The Tin Drum. Until the very last page, when Abel meets his mystic fate in the collapsing ruins of the Third Reich, it shocks us, dazzles us, and above all holds us spellbound.
| ISBN: | 9780801855900 |
| Publication date: | 18th April 1997 |
| Author: | Michel Tournier |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Primary Genre | Historical Fiction |
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An international bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, The Ogre is a masterful tale of innocence, perversion, and obsession. It follows the passage of strange, gentle Abel Tiffauges from submissive schoolboy to ogre of the Nazi school at the castle of Kaltenborn, taking us deeper into the dark heart of fascism than any novel since The Tin Drum. Until the very last page, when Abel meets his mystic fate in the collapsing ruins of the Third Reich, it shocks us, dazzles us, and above all holds us spellbound.
The Ogre features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction
The Ogre is available in Paperback
The Ogre was written by Michel Tournier and published by Johns Hopkins University Press
The Ogre has 384 pages
