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Fields of Glory Paperback – June 16, 1993

by Jean Rouaud (Author)
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As their grandchildren point out the crotchety foibles of their elders, three senior citizens explain where the habits came from, in a story of survival and the desire to be loved
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  1. Print length
    154 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Arcade Publishing
  4. Publication date
    June 16, 1993
  5. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1559702168
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1559702164
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Arcade Publishing (June 16, 1993)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 154 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1559702168
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1559702164
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
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Devs38
5.0 out of 5 stars great story telling, great literature
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2012
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Fields of Glory is great little book. The detail takes you into another time and makes you very familiar with the people who popultae it, much like your own family or neighbors. For me this is what literature and story telling are all about. It is funny, sad, moving and very entertaining. The essence of life shines through easily.
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keetmom
5.0 out of 5 stars Scarred for life and death
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2017
The French have a style all of their own when it comes to literature and I have learnt that when it comes to books whose authors have won the Prix Goncourt, what you will get is anything but a conventional reading experience. And so it proved with "Fields of Glory" which started out as a charming family tribute to an eccentric but lovable grandfather and then morphed on to much deeper explorations into identity, memory and the tragedy of WWI. By the end of this short, but very moving read the reader comes away with a profound sense of an era of community lost forever, populated by love and loss of the most exquisite kind.
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Jayfred
1.0 out of 5 stars Not recommended.
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2017
I got this book because of the good review but it was disappointing.
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James W. Fonseca
5.0 out of 5 stars Childhood and War
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2011
World Wars I and II underlay this novel that lulls you into believing that it is a piquant story of childhood in a rural French village of the 1950's. There are a lot of quirky relatives and fondly-remembered scenes of a grandpa driving the family's old Renault off on weekends to visit relatives and to go on picnics. Most of the quirky relatives are widowed aunts and grandmothers. The wars are a distant oddity symbolized by a dusty box of old letters, medals, a diary and other mementos from the wars. These wonderful childhood memories, with a lot of local color, are set in a small rural village in France in the 1950's. The children grow up experiencing the death of relatives as a sad inconvenience.

But the author has set us up. Near the end of the novel, the now-adult children explore the box of mementos and the horror of war hits them and us full in the face. We now understand how the lives of these aunts and grandparents were changed forever by the carnage of the wars. The novel is translated from the French and the book won France's highest literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, in 1990. The book was an immediate best-seller in France and a sensation because the first-time author was a newsstand vendor.
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Hope for the Best
5.0 out of 5 stars A Truly Beautiful Novel
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2008
I can add little to the other positive reviews here but that I was deeply touched by the beauty and sensitivity of this short novel. It is simply something I will always remember and I envy the reader who discovers it.
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George Besson
5.0 out of 5 stars a masterpiece
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2005
In what begins as reminisces by the narrator of a seemingly eccentric family the author slowly unravels the reasons behind each of the characters' actions. This masterpiece of writing develops into a powerful study of aging and childhood memories, and of the long lasting impact of World War I from one generation to another, even when the succeeding generations aren't aware of it.
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Robert Simpson
5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and Humourous
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2000
This gentle book floats you through the life of a French family between the wars, as seen through the eyes of children. Human foibles are observed with a naive humour, and events are often described without the full understanding of the narrator. Much of the subject matter could be overpowering, but the depiction in this book is beautiful.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A family private history vs. Official History
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 1998
This book revolves around the importance dead and loved ones can have in a life, the story of a family in western France, the sufferings of French soldiers during the First World War and the impact the slaughter had on several generations afterwards. Its written in a very sober style, yet carries a tremendous emotional force.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on June 8, 2017
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