The silence of the sea : a novel of French resistance during World War II

Translated from the French by Cyril ConnellyThis first bilingual edition of France's most enduring wartime novel introduces Vercors's famous tale to a generation without personal experience of World War II who may not be able to read it in its original language.

Readers are assisted with a historical and literary introduction, explanatory notes, a glossary of French terms and a select bibliography.