Merle (Robert) Week-end at Zuydcoote
£275
London, John Lehmann, 1950.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Set during the Dunkirk evacuation, the novel follows Sergeant Julien Maillat and a small group of French soldiers stranded on the beach, unable to be evacuated with the British forces. It won the 1949 Prix Goncourt, France’s most prestigious literary prize.
In stock
Minor bumping to cloth; jacket with some chipping to spine ends and fore-corners.
Jacket artwork by Bateson Mason.
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