Soldat inconnu vivant

a story of grief and the Great War

by Jean-Yves Le Naour

2004 233 pages eng

In February 1918, a derelict soldier was discovered wandering the railway station in Lyon, France. With no memory of his name or past, no identifying possessions, marks, or documents, the soldier-given the name Anthelme Mangin-was sent to an asylum for the insane. When, after the Great War ended, th…