The Resource The French art of war, Alexis Jenni ; translated by Frank Wynne
The French art of war, Alexis Jenni ; translated by Frank Wynne
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- Summary
- It was the beginning of the Gulf War. I watched it on TV and did little else. I was doing badly, you see. Everything was going wrong. I just awaited the end. But then I met Victorien Salagnon, a veteran of the great colonial wars of Indochina, Vietnam and Algeria, a commander who had led his soldiers across the globe, a man with the blood of others up to his elbows. He said he would teach me to paint; he must have been the only painter in the French Forces, but out there no one cares about such things. I cared, though. In return, he wanted me to write his life story. And so he talked, and I wrote, and through him I witnessed the rivers of blood that cut channels through France, I saw the deaths that were as numberless as they were senseless and I began finally to understand the French art of war
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 612 pages
- Note
- Record machine-generated from publisher information
- Isbn
- 9780857897534
- Label
- The French art of war
- Title
- The French art of war
- Statement of responsibility
- Alexis Jenni ; translated by Frank Wynne
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- It was the beginning of the Gulf War. I watched it on TV and did little else. I was doing badly, you see. Everything was going wrong. I just awaited the end. But then I met Victorien Salagnon, a veteran of the great colonial wars of Indochina, Vietnam and Algeria, a commander who had led his soldiers across the globe, a man with the blood of others up to his elbows. He said he would teach me to paint; he must have been the only painter in the French Forces, but out there no one cares about such things. I cared, though. In return, he wanted me to write his life story. And so he talked, and I wrote, and through him I witnessed the rivers of blood that cut channels through France, I saw the deaths that were as numberless as they were senseless and I began finally to understand the French art of war
- Summary
- I was doing badly, you see. Everything was going wrong. I just awaited the end. But then I met Victorien Salagnon, a veteran of the great colonial wars of Indochina, Vietnam and Algeria, a commander who had led his soldiers across the globe, a man with the blood of others up to his elbows. He said he would teach me to paint; he must have been the only painter in the French Forces, but out there no one cares about such things. I cared, though. In return, he wanted me to write his life story. And so he talked, and I wrote, and through him I witnessed the rivers of blood that cut channels through France, I saw the deaths that were as numberless as they were senseless and I began finally to understand the French art of war.
- Biographical or historical data
- Alexis Jenni is a French novelist and biology teacher. His debut novel, The French Art of War, won the 2011 Prix Goncourt. He lives in Lyon.
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- Jenni, Alexis
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the French
- Literary form
- fiction
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- Wynne, Frank
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- France
- France
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- The French art of war, Alexis Jenni ; translated by Frank Wynne
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- Record machine-generated from publisher information
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- volume
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- txt
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- Control code
- 000059914811
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 612 pages
- Isbn
- 9780857897534
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)984505395
- Label
- The French art of war, Alexis Jenni ; translated by Frank Wynne
- Note
- Record machine-generated from publisher information
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
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- Content category
- text
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- Control code
- 000059914811
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
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- 612 pages
- Isbn
- 9780857897534
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)984505395
Subject
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- France -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- France -- History, Military -- 20th century -- Fiction
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- trueImperialism
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