The Living Unknown Soldier

Informationen zum Autor Jean-Yves Le Naour is a history lecturer, specialising in World War I. His publications include Mis-res et Tourments de la chair pendant la Grande Guerre ( Deprivation and Torments of the Flesh during the Great War), Aubier, 2002. Klappentext The powerful and moving true story of a soldier who lost his memory and identity during World War I, and of a people in mourning, who found in him the symbol of a lost generation. Zusammenfassung A true story of a soldier who lost his memory and identity during World War I, and of a people in mourning, who found in him the symbol of a lost generation. Revealing of the human cost of war, this book portrays not just the fate of one individual but a nation's inconsolable post-war grief and illuminates the nature of mourning.

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Yves Le Naour, Jean-Yves Le Naour
• Assisted by: Penny Allen (Translation)
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.02.2006
• EAN: 9780099474821
• ISBN: 978-0-09-947482-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 196 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; France, First World War, HISTORY / World, c 1910 to c 1919, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Military life & institutions, Military institutions, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I