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L'Art français de la guerre
L'Art français de la guerre ("The French art of war") is a 2011 novel by the French writer Alexis Jenni, published by Éditions Gallimard. It is an adventure story about the military history of France in Indochina and Algeria. It received the Prix Goncourt, with five votes to three against Carole Martinez's "".
It was published in English by Atlantic Books as "The French Art of War" (translated by Frank Wynne).
Background.
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, Jenni wanted to make his readers think about it themselves. As well as winning the Prix Goncourt, the novel was shortlisted for the Prix Médicis and the Prix Femina.
"L'Art français de la guerre" was technically Jenni's third novel, but was the first to be published. He had previously written a novel which he never submitted to a publisher, and another which was not accepted. According to Jenni, "L'Art français de la guerre" took five years to write. He stated that he was a