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Romain Gary: The Man Who Sold His Shadow
Ralph Schoolcraft
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Description for Romain Gary: The Man Who Sold His Shadow
Hardback. "Schoolcraft's memorable biography of Gary, the first to appear in English, will serve as a point of departure for anyone who is interested in twentieth-century French fiction."-Choice Series: Critical Authors and Issues. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 524.
In this book Ralph Schoolcraft explores the extraordinary career of the modern French author, film director, and diplomat-a romantic and tragic figure whose fictions extended well beyond his books. Born Roman Kacew, he overcame an impoverished boyhood to become a French Resistance hero and win the coveted Goncourt Prize under the pseudonym-and largely invented persona-Romain Gary. Although he published such acclaimed works as The Roots of Heaven and Promise at Dawn, the Gaullist traditions that he defended in the world of French letters fell from favor, and his critical fortunes suffered at the hands of a hostile press. Schoolcraft details ... Read more
In this book Ralph Schoolcraft explores the extraordinary career of the modern French author, film director, and diplomat-a romantic and tragic figure whose fictions extended well beyond his books. Born Roman Kacew, he overcame an impoverished boyhood to become a French Resistance hero and win the coveted Goncourt Prize under the pseudonym-and largely invented persona-Romain Gary. Although he published such acclaimed works as The Roots of Heaven and Promise at Dawn, the Gaullist traditions that he defended in the world of French letters fell from favor, and his critical fortunes suffered at the hands of a hostile press. Schoolcraft details ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
Series
Critical Authors and Issues
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812236460
SKU
V9780812236460
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About Ralph Schoolcraft
Ralph Schoolcraft teaches French at Texas AandM University. He is the translator of The Haunting Past: History, Memory, and Justice in Contemporary France, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Reviews for Romain Gary: The Man Who Sold His Shadow
A concise, fascinating, brilliant critical biography remarkable for its scholarship. . . . Schoolcraft's memorable biography of Gary, the first to appear in English, will serve as a point of departure for anyone who is interested in twentieth-century French fiction. -Choice