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1 online resource (337 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Diary of the Dark Years, 1940-1944: Collaboration, Resistance, and Daily Life in Occupied Paris; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on the Text; Translator's Introduction; Preface; 1940; 1941; NOTICE; 1942; 1943; 1944; BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY; Appendix: CHARLES DE GAULLE : "THE CALL OF JUNE 18"; INDEX |
| Summary |
Jean Guehenno's Diary of the Dark Years, 1940-1945 is the most oft-quoted piece of testimony on life in occupied France. A sharply observed record of day-to-day life under Nazi rule in Parisand a bitter commentary on literary life in those years, it has also been called ""a remarkable essay on courage and cowardice"" (Caroline Moorehead, Wall Street Journal). Here, David Ball provides not only the first English-translation of this important historical document, but also the first ever annotated, corrected edition. Guehenno was a well-known political and cultural critic, left-wing but not commu |
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Includes index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Guéhenno, Jean, 1890-1978 -- Diaries
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Guéhenno, Jean, 1890-1978 fast |
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Authors, French -- 20th century -- Diaries
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, French
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Authors, French
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Paris (France) -- History -- 1940-1944. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098063
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France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051418
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France
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France -- Paris
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| Genre/Form |
Diaries
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History
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Personal narratives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ball, David, 1937- translator, annotator.
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| ISBN |
9780199970919 |
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0199970912 |
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0199970920 |
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9780199970926 |
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0190495847 |
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9780190495848 |
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