FRANCE’S top literary prize, the Goncourt, has been won by Pierre Lemaitre for a fast-moving adventure-tragedy about the lost generation after World War I.
"Au revoir la-haut" (Goodbye Up There) tells the story of two trench-weary veterans, Albert and Edouard, who struggle to reintegrate into French society after the horrors of war.
Lemaitre, 62, was one of the favourites to take the prize, which can boost sales by 300,000 to 400,000 copies. Jury members hailed him for capturing the "continuing horror" of post-war life and praised his "cinematic" writing style. - See more at: http://www.connexionfrance.com
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