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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 843.914 EAN: 9780854963782 ISBN: 0854963782 Label: Berg Publishers Manufacturer: Berg Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 102 Publication Date: April 01, 2002 Publisher: Berg Publishers Studio: Berg Publishers Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: This 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A great classicThis book is a great classic. A beautifully crafted story. If you get a chance, also watch the movie adaptation by Jean-Pierre Melville. On p. 68 (p. 96 of the translation, after note 37), there is this sentence that the translator forgot to translate: Je pensai: "Ainsi il se soumet. Voilà donc tout ce qu'ils savent faire. Ils se soumettent tous. Même cet homme là." ===== There are many ways you can translate this, so I propose a few ... Read More Rating: - An amazing little bookI've bought hundreds of books through Amazon, but this is the first time I've been moved to write a review. I was deeply touched by this seemingly simple, small story. Instead of good guys versus bad guys, this shows the individual behind the enemy uniform. Each person in a uniform, whatever side he or she is on, is an individual, a human being. How beautiful that the author, in the midst of the German invasion of his country, could write about the enemy in a tender and sympathetic way. Kudos for ... Read More Rating: - A great NovelThis is a great short novel and the good thing about this book is that you can read the story and biography of the writer in english and the native language, french. Rating: - Subtle and excellent"Mais c'est la dernière! Nous ne nous batterons plus: nous nous marierons!" But it's the last [war]. We will no longer fight each other; We will marry each other! So says Werner von Ebrennac in this subtly moving novel. Werner is a Nazi soldier living with a Frenchman and his niece who voice their resistance to the occupation with silence. Werner loves France and all things French and harbors the belief that Germany has not come to harm France, but to "marry her." This was by ... Read More Rating: - I love this bookI read this book in French in my French class; therefore, I cannot comment on the English version. The French version is poetic and inspiring. It deals with the interactions of individuals that all people can relate to. It is not a book of action--I would parallel Le Silence de la Mer to Tuesdays With Morrie--but it is full of ideas to reflect on. Not only is it a great book to reflect on philisophically, it is also a great book to put into the cultural perspective. It was one of the first books published ... Read More 
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