As their grandchildren kiddingly point out the crotchety foibles of their elders, three senior citizens explain where the habits came from, in a poignant story of survival and the desire to be loved.
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Anbieter: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, USA
Hardback. Zustand: Good. Winner of the Prix Goncourt A New York Times Notable Book of the Year The setting may be the rainy lower Loire Valley of the 1950s, but it is the W I battlefields of Artois, Meuse, Lorraine, and Yser that form the emotional backdrop to this poignant testament to the vitality of life that death cannot dim. Fields of Glory begins as a collection of utterly charming reminiscences of the eccentricities of family elders told by an unnamed and indeterminately aged narrator. In pure and graceful prose, Rouaud describes crotchety grandfather Burgaud with his equally difficult car, a cramped and leaky CV2, and maiden great-aunt Marie with her card file of saints--A prefatory catalogue of terrifying symptoms refers the reader to the saint specializing in the corresponding disorder. The work of a lifetime. It is in the midst of this comedy of daily life that the melancholy subtext of three generations slowly emerges: the stories of the two young men who were casualties of the Fields of Glory and the family that remains to remember them. Artikel-Nr. 00086559148
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Anbieter: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, USA
Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Artikel-Nr. H15C-00541
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Anbieter: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, USA
Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Artikel-Nr. D11J-00677
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Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Artikel-Nr. G155970165XI4N00
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Anbieter: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Artikel-Nr. G155970165XI4N10
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Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Very Good. 1st English-language ed. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Artikel-Nr. 53188579-75
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Anbieter: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, USA
hardcover. Zustand: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 154 pp., Translated from the French by Ralph Manheim., First printing of the first American edition. Artikel-Nr. 104175
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Anbieter: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NEW YORK: Arcade: 1992. New York. Winner of Prix Goncourt. Translated by Ralph Manheim. First U.S. Edition. Near Fine/Near fine. Price clipped dust jacket. Pencil notes on FEP. Artikel-Nr. 4790
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Anbieter: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, USA
hardcover. Zustand: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 152 pp., Translated from the French by Barbara Wright., First printing of the first American edition. Artikel-Nr. 104499
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Anbieter: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. New York, Arcade, 1992. First English language edition. First printing (with full number line including 1). Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($18.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Shipped in well padded box. A novel, translated from the French by Ralph Manheim. In 1990 Fields of Glory (French: Les Champs d'honneur) won the Prix Goncourt. He once stated that the book was to be the first book in a trilogy, but later said that Fields of Glory was the first book in a series of five books on the family history of the author. Rear copies. Artikel-Nr. Fiction-French-R1
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