Pierre Schoendoerffer – The Paths Of The Sea – Uncorrected Proof Copy 1977
£35.00
An uncorrected proof copy of The Paths of the Sea by Pierre Schoendoerffer, published by Collins, London in 1977. A near fine copy, with fading to the spine, bumping to upper corner of soft cover and subsequent bumping to prelims, shelf wear to the front soft cover, the text block with light spotting.
The Paths of the Sea (Le Crabe tambour) by Pierre Schoendoerffer is a haunting novel set aboard a French naval patrol boat in the Arctic. Two officers revisit traumatic memories of the First Indochina and Algerian Wars while searching for their enigmatic friend, Lt. Willsdorff. Through icy isolation and flashbacks, themes of friendship, honour, loss and wartime legacy emerge. Winner of the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie Française, it inspired Schoendoerffer’s award winning 1977 film.
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An uncorrected proof copy of The Paths of the Sea by Pierre Schoendoerffer, published by Collins, London in 1977. A near fine copy, with fading to the spine, bumping to upper corner of soft cover and subsequent bumping to prelims, shelf wear to the front soft cover, the text block with light spotting.
The Paths of the Sea (Le Crabe tambour) by Pierre Schoendoerffer is a haunting novel set aboard a French naval patrol boat in the Arctic. Two officers revisit traumatic memories of the First Indochina and Algerian Wars while searching for their enigmatic friend, Lt. Willsdorff. Through icy isolation and flashbacks, themes of friendship, honour, loss and wartime legacy emerge. Winner of the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie Française, it inspired Schoendoerffer’s award winning 1977 film.
