Le Rapport de Brodeck
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Le Rapport de Brodeck is a critically acclaimed novel by Philippe Claudel that follows a traumatized survivor in a remote village as he investigates a mysterious crime, exploring themes of guilt, memory, and collective responsibility.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Rapport de Brodeck canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | graphic novel adaptation ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Manu Larcenet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Philippe Claudel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awards | Prix Goncourt des lycéens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | villagers attempt to justify a collective crime against a stranger ⓘ |
| containsCharacterType |
complicit villagers
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mysterious outsider ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Brodeck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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philosophical novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English translation ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary French literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
allegorical
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lyrical prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Brodeck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
erasure of the past
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silence ⓘ testimony ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | alternation between present investigation and past memories ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A survivor in a remote village is ordered to write a report about a violent crime committed against a mysterious outsider. ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | traumatized survivor of a camp ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | early 21st century ⓘ |
| publisher | French publishing house ⓘ |
| setting | remote mountain village ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
aftermath of war
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mechanisms of exclusion ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ |
| symbolism |
the report as act of testimony
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the stranger as figure of the Other ⓘ |
| theme |
collective responsibility
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cowardice ⓘ fear ⓘ guilt ⓘ memory ⓘ otherness ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
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somber ⓘ |
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