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Claude Loewer
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Carlo Mattioli
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The Collaborator
Relates the story of the only French writer to be executed for treason during World War II, from his rise during the 1930s to his trial and death in front of a firing squad.
National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Jean Lurçat
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Saint-Exupery
A fascinating account of the life of one of the century's great eccentrics - the brilliant Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Born in 1900 of impoverished aristocracy, he swiftly developed a mania for aviation, despite his chaotic mind and total technological incompetence. He flew reconnaissance missions in the War and wrote some strange and wonderful books, including the classic children's story THE LITTLE PRINCE, between theatrically executed airplane crashed. He died in the air in 1944, and his brief life instantly acquired mythical status. 'Every facet of Saint-Exupery's short and dramatic life is covered in this fascinating biography. This is Stacy Schiff's first book, but she writes with all the skill, assurance and mastery of an old literary hand. If there was such a thing as a prize for a first biography, I would nominate this book. ' Frank McLynn, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH.
Arnaques et névroses dans le monde des lettres et des arts sous l'Occupation (1939-1945)
En couverture : François Boucher, Orphée charmant les animaux Photomontage Pierre Darmon. Sous l’Occupation, arnaques et névroses s’épanouissent à ciel ouvert dans le monde des arts et des lettres. A la faveur du vide idéologique, des places laissées vacantes par les parias du régime de Vichy, des coupes claires de la censure ou de la nécessité de plaire aux maitres de l’heure, le monde de la culture, privé de repères, donne naissance à des productions inattendues ou bizarres. Englués dans le piège de la collaboration, des escrocs, des artistes ou des auteurs parfois connus et talentueux mais fragiles se font faux prophètes et glissent vers la névrose. Culture de l’e...
