“One of France’s most talented writers, Laurent Mauvignier always kept a low profile on the literary scene—until his stunning novel about the Algerian War became a runaway bestseller.”

—France Today

“[Mauvignier is] one of the major French writers today.”

—Lire Magazine

“The Wound gives us a France that few American readers will recognize, a land and a people marked by a history in which memory and violence can seem indistinguishable. . . . David and Nicole Ball’s translation is as elegant as a flick-knife—a superb version of this viscerally important novel.”

—Michael Gorra, author of Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece