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A very long engagement / Sébastien Japrisot ; translated by Linda Coverdale.

Japrisot, Sébastien, 1931- (Author).

Summary:

"Set during and after the First World War, A Very Long Engagement tells the story of a young woman?s search for her fiance, whom she believes might still be alive despite having officially been reported as "killed in the line of duty." Unable to walk since childhood, fearless Mathilde Donnay is undeterred in her quest as she scours the country for information about five wounded French soldiers who were brutally abandoned by their own troops. A Very Long Engagement is a mystery, a love story, and an extraordinary portrait of life in France before and after the War."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 0374283354
Physical Description: 327 p. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1993.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Translation of : Un long dimanche de fiançailles.
Formatted Contents Note:	Saturday evening -- Bingo Crépuscule -- White widow -- Good old days -- Queen Victoria's tuppence -- Mahogany box -- Woman on loan -- Mimosas of Hossegor -- Terror of the armies -- Other side of no-man's-land -- Lovers of Belle de Mai -- Sunflowers at the end of the world -- Liutenant-General Byng at twilight -- Monday morning.