A Dutiful Son

by Pascal Bruckner

Pascal Bruckner's memoir reads like a novel, a Bildungsroman which charts his journey from pious Catholic child to leading philosopher and writer on French culture.
The key figure in Bruckner's life is his father, a virulent anti-Semite, who voluntarily went to work in Germany during the Second World War. He is a violent man who beats his wife. The young Bruckner soon reacts against his father and his revenge is to become his polar opposite, even...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910213160
• ISBN13: 9781910213162
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Dedalus
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"