Promise at Dawn

Romain Gary

ISBN 10: 0811221989 / ISBN 13: 9780811221986

Edité par New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2017

A classic of modern French literature, the thrilling real-life story of the military hero, ambassador, ladies man, writer, and loving son. N° de réf. du vendeur 00106054461

Synopsis :

"I grew up in the certitude that one day I should help give back the earth to those who ennoble it with their courage and warm it with their love."

Promise at Dawn begins as the story of a mother's sacrifice: alone and poor, she fiercely battles to give her son the very best. Romain Gary chronicles his childhood in Russia, Poland, and on the French Riviera and recounts his adventurous life as a young man fighting for France in World War II. But above all he tells the story of the love for his mother that was his life--their secret and private planet, their wonderland "born out of a mother's murmur into a child's ear, a promise whispered at dawn of future triumphs and greatness, of justice and love."

À propos de l'auteur: Romain Gary (1914-1980) was born Roman Kacew in Vilnius to a family of Lithuanian Jews. He changed his name when he fled Nazi-occupied France to fight for the British as an RAF pilot. He wrote under several pen names and is the only writer to have received the Prix Goncourt twice. A diplomat and filmmaker, Gary was married to the American actress Jean Seberg. He died in Paris in 1980 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Promise at Dawn
Éditeur : New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date d'édition : 2017
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Good