Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010 A murder
investigation in post-war France becomes an exploration of the
legacy of German occupation. From his village in post-war France,
Brodeck makes his solitary journeys into the mountains to collect
data on the natural environment. Day by day he also reconstructs
his own life, all but lost in the years he spent in a camp during
the war. No-one had expected to see him again. One day, a
flamboyant stranger rides into the village, upsetting the fragile
balance of everyday life. Soon he is named the Anderer, "the
other", and tensions rise until, one night, the newcomer is
murdered. Brodeck is instructed to write an account of the events
leading to his death, but his report delivers much more than the
bare facts: it becomes the story of a community coming to terms
with the legacy of enemy occupation. In a powerful narrative of
exceptional fascination, Brodeck's Report explores the very limits
of humanity.
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