Occupation Journal Contributor(s): Giono, Jean (Author), Gladding, Jody (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1939810566 ISBN-13: 9781939810564 Publisher: Archipelago Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Diaries & Journals - History | Europe - France - History | Modern - 20th Century |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2019057585 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.6" W x 6.4" (0.70 lbs) 200 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A captivating literary and historical record, Jean Giono's Occupation Journal offers a glimpse into life in collaborationist France during the Second World War, as seen through the eyes and thoughts of one of France's greatest and most independent writers. Written during the years of France's occupation by the Nazis, Jean Giono's Occupation Journal reveals the inner workings of one of France's great literary minds during one of the country's darkest hours. A renowned writer and committed pacifist throughout the 1930s--a conviction that resulted in his imprisonment before and after the Occupation--Giono spent the war in the village of Contadour in Provence, where he wrote, corresponded with other writers, and cared for his consumptive daughter. This journal records his musings on art and literature, his observations of life, his interactions with the machinery of the collaborationist Vichy regime, as well as his forceful political convictions. Giono recounts the details of his life with fierce independence of thought and novelistic attention to character and dialogue. Occupation Journal is a fascinating historical document as well as a unique window into one of French literature's most voracious and critical minds. |