Grey Souls
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Grey Souls is a melancholic French novel by Philippe Claudel that blends crime, memory, and moral ambiguity in a small town during and after World War I.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Grey Souls canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Philippe Claudel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Prix Renaudot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Grey Souls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
blurred boundaries between innocence and guilt
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impact of war on civilian life ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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historical fiction ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary French literature ⓘ |
| mainConflict | investigation of a young girl’s death ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor | blending crime narrative with philosophical reflection ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Les Âmes grises NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher | Stock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | small provincial French town ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
World War I
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post–World War I ⓘ |
| theme |
grief
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guilt ⓘ justice ⓘ memory ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| tone | melancholic ⓘ |
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