"A few years ago, sometime during the harrowing year of 2020 that would change everything, author Herve Le Tellier discovered that someone had written a name on the outer wall of his new house in the village of La Paillette, in southern France. When he later found that the same name appeared on the monument to the town's sons who died for the homeland, Le Tellier realized he had a story in his hands and that he wanted nothing more than to tell it."
"To recount it, Le Tellier a writer, mathematician, and literary critic, as well as editor of Raymond Queneau and Georges Perec and a member of the extraordinary literary experimentation workshop known as Oulipo drew on photographs, documents from the archives of the National Association of Former Combatants, specialized literature on the Resistance in La Drome, and testimonies from Chaix's relatives who still live in the area."
Andre Chaix was a twenty-year-old industrial apprentice from La Paillette who joined the French Resistance, fought in La Drôme, and died in a German attack on August 23, 1944. The narrative reconstructs Chaix's life using photographs, archival documents from the National Association of Former Combatants, specialized Resistance literature, and testimonies from surviving relatives. Research combines careful documentation with restrained speculation, avoiding invention. The account intends to present a true, accurately rendered story while also conveying a visceral, commonly felt discontent and irritation about the present-day persistence of fascist tendencies.
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