A Very Long Engagement
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A Very Long Engagement
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Author : Sébastien Japrisot
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-04
A Very Long Engagement written by Sébastien Japrisot and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04 with France categories.
During the First World War five French soldiers, accused of a cowardly attempt to evade duty, are bundled into no-man's land and certain death. Five bodies are later recovered, the families are notified that the men died in the line of duty and the whole, distasteful incident appears closed. After the war the fianc-e of one of the men receives a letter which hints at what might have happened. Mathilde Donnay determines to discover the fate of her beloved amid the carnage of battle. A Very Long Engagement turns into an unusual and engrossing thriller as she discovers an increasing number of people trying to put her off the scent. Japrisot's achievement is to have written a novel that is both a suspenseful thriller and one which transforms a single small incident into the epitome of all wartime atrocities. The d-nouement, when it finally happens, is moving and horribly convincing.
A Very Long Engagement
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Author : Sébastien Japrisot
language : en
Publisher: Plume Books
Release Date : 1994
A Very Long Engagement written by Sébastien Japrisot and has been published by Plume Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Fiction categories.
Set during and after the First World War, A Very Long Engagement tells the story of a young woman's search for her fiancé, whom she believes might still be alive despite having officially been reported as "killed in the line of duty." Unable to walk since childhood, fearless Mathilde Donnay is undeterred in her quest as she scours the country for information about five wounded French soldiers who were brutally abandoned by their own troops. A Very Long Engagement is a mystery, a love story, and an extraordinary portrait of life in France before and after the War.
A Very Long Engagement
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Author : Sebastien Japrisot
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
A Very Long Engagement written by Sebastien Japrisot and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with France categories.
In 1917, five French soldiers were court-martialled for self-inflicted wounds and pushed, their hands bound, into "No-Man's Land". The youngest of the condemned men was the fiance of Mathilde, only daughter of a rich industrialist, who sets out to discover what really happended to him.
Jean Pierre Jeunet
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Author : Elizabeth Ezra
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2010-10-01
Jean Pierre Jeunet written by Elizabeth Ezra and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-01 with Performing Arts categories.
This is the first book on Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the popular and critically acclaimed director of films such as Amélie, Delicatessen, A Very Long Engagement, Alien Resurrection, and City of Lost Children. Jeunet's work exemplifies Europe's engagement with Hollywood, while at the same time making him a figurehead of the critically overlooked, specifically French tradition of the cinema of the fantastic. Having garnered both commercial success and critical esteem in genres such as science fiction, fantasy, romantic comedy, and the war epic, Jeunet's work nevertheless engages with key aspects of French history and contemporary French culture. This study analyzes the director's major films, including those he made with Marc Caro, and his early short works. Elizabeth Ezra brings a new perspective to the study of Jeunet's work, uncovering instances of repressed historical trauma involving France's role in Algeria and the Second World War. The book includes a commentary by Jeunet himself on his career and corpus of films.
A Very Long Engagement
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Author : A Very Long Engagement (Musical Group)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
A Very Long Engagement written by A Very Long Engagement (Musical Group) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Film soundtracks categories.
A Very Long Engagement
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Author : Sébastien Japrisot
language : en
Publisher: Picador
Release Date : 2004-11-15
A Very Long Engagement written by Sébastien Japrisot and has been published by Picador this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-15 with Fiction categories.
Set during and after the First World War, A Very Long Engagement tells the story of a young woman's search for her fiancé, whom she believes might still be alive despite having officially been reported as "killed in the line of duty." Unable to walk since childhood, fearless Mathilde Donnay is undeterred in her quest as she scours the country for information about five wounded French soldiers who were brutally abandoned by their own troops. A Very Long Engagement is a mystery, a love story, and an extraordinary portrait of life in France before and after the War.
A Very Exclusive Engagement
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Author : Andrea Laurence
language : en
Publisher: Harlequin
Release Date : 2013-05-01
A Very Exclusive Engagement written by Andrea Laurence and has been published by Harlequin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-01 with Fiction categories.
"What happens in the elevator, stays in the elevator, right?" Trapped between floors with his spitfire employee, media mogul Liam Crowe can't control the chemistry. First, Francesca Orr is calling her new boss names in the boardroom; next, she's kissing him! Now Liam has some choice names for Francesca: fiancée, maybe even wife. Because the only way to keep control of the scandal-plagued news network he's just acquired is if he settles down, and Francesca is perfect fake-fiancée material. But when she goes along with the plan, things get real—really fast—because there's nothing fake about Francesca….
Preventive Engagement
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Author : Paul B. Stares
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2017-12-19
Preventive Engagement written by Paul B. Stares and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-19 with Political Science categories.
The United States faces an increasingly turbulent world. The risk of violent conflict and other threats to international order presents a vexing dilemma: should the United States remain the principal guarantor of global peace and security with all its considerable commitments and potential pitfalls––not least new and costly military entanglements––that over time diminish its capacity and commitment to play this vital role or, alternatively, should it pull back from the world in the interests of conserving U.S. power, but at the possible cost of even greater threats emerging in the future? Paul B. Stares proposes an innovative and timely strategy—“preventive engagement”—to resolve America’s predicament. This approach entails pursuing three complementary courses of action: promoting policies known to lessen the risk of violent conflict over the long term; anticipating and averting those crises likely to lead to costly military commitments in the medium term; and managing ongoing conflicts in the short term before they escalate further and exert pressure on the United States to intervene. In each of these efforts, forging “preventive partnerships” with a variety of international actors, including the United Nations, regional organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and the business community, is essential. The need to think and act ahead that lies at the heart of a preventive engagement strategy requires the United States to become less shortsighted and reactive. Drawing on successful strategies in other areas, Preventive Engagement provides a detailed and comprehensive blueprint for the United States to shape the future and reduce the potential dangers ahead.
A Very Long Engagement Directed By Jean Pierre Jeunet
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
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The Crane Wife
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Author : CJ Hauser
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2023-06-27
The Crane Wife written by CJ Hauser and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A memoir in essays that expands on the viral sensation “The Crane Wife” with a frank and funny look at love, intimacy, and self in the twenty-first century. From friends and lovers to blood family and chosen family, this “elegant masterpiece” (Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Hunger) asks what more expansive definitions of love might offer us all. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, THE GUARDIAN, GARDEN & GUN "Hauser builds their life's inventory out of deconstructed personal narratives, resulting in a reading experience that's rich like a complicated dessert—not for wolfing down but for savoring in small bites." —The New York Times “Clever, heartfelt, and wrenching.” —Time “Brilliant.” —Oprah Daily Ten days after calling off their wedding, CJ Hauser went on an expedition to Texas to study the whooping crane. After a week wading through the gulf, they realized they'd almost signed up to live someone else's life. What if you released yourself from traditional narratives of happiness? What if you looked for ways to leave room for the unexpected? In Hauser’s case, this meant dissecting pop culture touchstone, from The Philadelphia Story to The X Files, to learn how not to lose yourself in a relationship. They attended a robot convention, contemplated grief at John Belushi’s gravesite, and officiated a wedding. Most importantly, they mapped the difference between the stories we’re asked to hold versus those we choose to carry. Told with the late-night barstool directness of your wisest, most bighearted friend, The Crane Wife is a book for everyone whose path doesn't look the way they thought it would; for everyone learning to find joy in the not-knowing and to build a new sort of life story, a new sort of family, a new sort of home to live in.