(P/B) THE COLLABORATOR

Παρουσίαση

On February 6, 1945, Robert Brasillach was executed for treason by a French firing squad. He was a writer of some distinction-a prolific novelist and a keen literary critic. He was also a dedicated anti-Semite, an acerbic opponent of French democracy, and editor in chief of the fascist weekly Je Suis Partout, in whose pages he regularly printed wartime denunciations of Jews and resistance activists.
Was Brasillach in fact guilty of treason? Was he condemned for his denunciations of the resistance, or singled out as a suspected homosexual? Was it right that he was executed when others, who were directly responsible for the murder of thousands, were set free? Kaplan's meticulous reconstruction of Brasillach's life and trial skirts none of these ethical subtleties: a detective story, a cautionary tale, and a meditation on the disturbing workings of justice and memory, The Collaborator will stand as the definitive account of Brasillach's crime and punishment.
A National Book Award Finalist
A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Preface
ONE: The Making of a Fascist Writer
TWO: Brasillach's War
THREE: The Liberation of Paris
FOUR: Jail
FIVE: Marcel Reboul: The Government Prosecutor
SIX: Jacques Isorni: Counsel for the Defense
SEVEN: Missing Persons: Brasillach's Suburban Jury
EIGHT: Court
NINE: The Writers' Petition
TEN: No Pardon
ELEVEN: Reactions
TWELVE: After the Trial
THIRTEEN: Justice in Hindsight
FOURTEEN: The Brasillach Myth
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index