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The Red Collar

The Red Collar (All reviews)

Dec 17 2015
Eileen Battersby’s books of the year: Fiction
— The Irish Times
Nov 10 2015
The Red Collar
— Historical Novel Society
Sep 17 2015
"The book is perfectly paced, darkly humorous and an excellent window into the turmoil and emerging politics of postwar France."
— San Francisco Chronicle
Aug 1 2015
"A modern parable about loyalty to others, fidelity to one’s convictions, and the self-effacement needed to bear the consequences of living by one’s beliefs."
— New York Journal of Books
Jul 26 2015
"...The Red Collar is a story so haunting and powerful that it hits as hard and true as a blast from a shell."
— The Cedar Rapids Gazette
Jul 25 2015
"Utterly compelling in its psychological understanding."
— The Independent
Jul 23 2015
THE RED COLLAR picked as the August read for University Book Store’s Nick’s Book Club.
Jul 15 2015
THE RED COLLAR picked as the “Book of the Week” by the Institut Français Royaume-Uni.
— Institut Français Royaume-Uni
Jul 13 2015
"The Red Collar may be short but it is a engaging story perceptively told in limpid prose, beautifully translated by Adriana Hunter. It is a serious book but one with a gratifying end."
— WeLoveThisBook.com
Jul 7 2015
"The Red Collar is a superbly crafted little gem that does everything a novel can do in less than 150 pages [. . .] It's a lucky reader who gets to experience the power of The Red Collar."
— Shelf Awareness
Jul 4 2015
"Rufin has written a graceful, unpretentious little miracle, a morality play of immense skill."
— The Irish Times
Jul 1 2015
"Lovely and appalling, encouraging and daunting, this story while unusual and inventive fits a classic mold."
— Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association
Jun 29 2015
French Culture Books' 30 Best French Books in Translation for the Summer: “A gripping story of heroism and fidelity in the aftermath of World War I.”
— French Culture Books
Apr 28 2015
"Rufin's novel is meticulous and orderly in its depictions of basically sympathetic characters trying to understand one another and find a common ground."
— Kirkus Reviews