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Far from Vietnam is a coming of age story that concerns, Ann, an American student living in Paris in the mid-1960s, who discovers herself first as a woman and then as a political activist. Her journey involves other American expatriates and their complicated relationship with French society, her travels to the former Yugoslavia and Greece, which are preludes to her involvement in organizing the first demonstration against the Viet Nam War in Paris, and ultimately to a trip to Cuba, where she sees socialism in action. Written in the immediate and tentative style of a journal, the novel draws us into the intimate world of a dedicated revolutionary who must change her own life before it can con...
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NADJA TESICH-TO DIE IN CHICAGO With a gritty and elegiac precision, Nadja Tesich brings vividly to life the immigrant experience in East Chicago. With quick silver wit the story of a young girl crossing the threshold to womanhood unfolds as she learns the bitter trade-off between what is irretrievably lost and what is gained, as she and her family confront the grim reality of living the American dream. -Charles Ruas, Author of, Conversations with American Writers. Praise for To Die In Chicago As seen through the eyes of an innocent and idealistic 16-year-old immigrant girl from Yugoslavia, a tale of disillusionment, struggle, and resistance in the American heartland of the 1950's. Beautifully told, deeply felt. -Artist and Writer, Rebecca Clare This book surpasses Nadja Tesich's previous brilliant works, Shadow Partisan and Native Land--She is an interesting literary treasure. -Laura Shane Cunningham, author of Sleeping Arrangements Praise for Nadja Tesich and Native Land A vivid, engrossing work of memory and observation. The honesty of the girls perceptions-particularly those around issues of politics and womanliness-make the writing all the more sympathetic. -Philip Lopate
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Que sait-on d’Éric Rohmer, sinon qu’il incarne une manière très française et très raffi née de faire du cinéma ? De lui, on connaît quelques titres : Ma nuit chez Maud, L’Amour, l’après midi, Les Nuits de la pleine lune... On sait aussi combien le cinéaste aimait fi lmer de jeunes et jolies femmes, les « rohmériennes », d’Arielle Dombasle à Rosette, de Pascale Ogier à Marie Rivière... On se souvient encore qu’il lança plusieurs acteurs, qui devaient faire leur chemin sans lui : Jean-Claude Brialy, Fabrice Luchini ou Pascal Greggory. Mais sait-on par exemple que l’ensemble de ses vingt-cinq longs métrages ont attiré en France plus de huit millions de spectateu...
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