![]() ![]() Laurent Binet: A June 24 review of Laurent Binet’s novel “HHhH” referred to the author as “a history teacher who had previously published a memoir.” In fact, he has taught French and literature. “I just hope that, however bright and blinding the veneer of fiction that covers this fabulous story,” he implores in the first chapter, “you will still be able to see through it to the historical reality that lies behind.” Binet is a history teacher who had previously published a memoir, and the very project of writing a historical novel sits uneasily with him, a tension that is an essential part of the book. The awkwardly titled “HHhH” won the 2010 Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman, the debut-novel version of France’s highest literary prize. ![]() But he’s not quite sure how he feels about that. Laurent Binet tackles the story of a Nazi and the two Czechoslovakian war heroes who set out to assassinate him and writes a marvelous, charming, engaging novel. Laurent Binet, translated from the French by Sam Taylor ![]()
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