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Les Éparges
1er août 1914 : la France décrète la mobilisation générale. Genevoix, brillant normalien qui n'a pas 24 ans, rejoint le 106e régiment d'infanterie. En janvier 1915, les troupes s'affrontent pour prendre la crête des Éparges. Pendant quatre longs mois d'horreur, le 106e défend la position, au prix d'un carnage. Sûr cette colline meurtrière, les combats se font au corps-à-corps, à la grenade, et sous le feu des obus.
Immergés dans la boue. le sang, la mort, les fantassins tiennent. jour après jour, participant à l'une des batailles les plus meurtrières de la guerre. Chef-d'oeuvre littéraire et témoignage historique, Les Épargesconstitue la dernière partie des carnets de Genevoix, d'abord publiés séparément entre 1916 et 1923, puis rassemblés en un seul volume sous le titre Ceux de 14.
Immergés dans la boue. le sang, la mort, les fantassins tiennent. jour après jour, participant à l'une des batailles les plus meurtrières de la guerre. Chef-d'oeuvre littéraire et témoignage historique, Les Épargesconstitue la dernière partie des carnets de Genevoix, d'abord publiés séparément entre 1916 et 1923, puis rassemblés en un seul volume sous le titre Ceux de 14.
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215 pages, Pocket Book
First published January 1, 1921
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About the author
Maurice Genevoix
192 books13 followersMaurice Genevoix (1890–1980) was a French author.
Born on 29 November 1890 at Decize, Nièvre as Maurice-Charles-Louis-Genevoix, Genevoix spent his childhood in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire. After attending the local school, he studied at the lycée of Orléans and the Lycée Lakanal. Genevoix was accepted to the Ecole Normale Supérieure, being first in his class, but was soon mobilized into World War I in 1914. He was quickly promoted to a lieutenant, but was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Marne in 1914 and returned to Paris. The battle left a profound influence on him, and he wrote the tetrology Ceux de 14 (The Men of 1914), which brought him recognition among the public.
Around 1919, Genevoix contracted Spanish influenza, causing him to move back to the Loire. He was quite prolific during his time in the Loire area, earning a Prix Blumenthal grant from the Florence Blumenthal Foundation to support him as a professional writer. It was this grant that allowed him to continue with some of his most celebrated works, Rémi des Rauches and Raboliot, the latter of which earned him the Prix Goncourt.
In 1928, his father died, and Genevoix moved to Vernelles in Loiret. At around this time, Genevoix started to travel abroad to Canada, Scandinavia, Mexico, and Africa. Canada and Africa were both admired by the writer, the latter of which he dedicated a 1949 essay to it, Afrique blanche, Afrique noire. He was elected to the Académie française on 24 October 1946 and was formally inducted the following year. In 1950, he returned to Paris and became secretary of the Académie française in 1958. In 1970, Genevoix, who was president of the program committee of French state radio, started a television series on French writers. He was also offered the Grand Prix National de Letters. He died on 8 September 1980.
The Académie française literary Prix Maurice Genevoix is named for him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_...
Born on 29 November 1890 at Decize, Nièvre as Maurice-Charles-Louis-Genevoix, Genevoix spent his childhood in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire. After attending the local school, he studied at the lycée of Orléans and the Lycée Lakanal. Genevoix was accepted to the Ecole Normale Supérieure, being first in his class, but was soon mobilized into World War I in 1914. He was quickly promoted to a lieutenant, but was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Marne in 1914 and returned to Paris. The battle left a profound influence on him, and he wrote the tetrology Ceux de 14 (The Men of 1914), which brought him recognition among the public.
Around 1919, Genevoix contracted Spanish influenza, causing him to move back to the Loire. He was quite prolific during his time in the Loire area, earning a Prix Blumenthal grant from the Florence Blumenthal Foundation to support him as a professional writer. It was this grant that allowed him to continue with some of his most celebrated works, Rémi des Rauches and Raboliot, the latter of which earned him the Prix Goncourt.
In 1928, his father died, and Genevoix moved to Vernelles in Loiret. At around this time, Genevoix started to travel abroad to Canada, Scandinavia, Mexico, and Africa. Canada and Africa were both admired by the writer, the latter of which he dedicated a 1949 essay to it, Afrique blanche, Afrique noire. He was elected to the Académie française on 24 October 1946 and was formally inducted the following year. In 1950, he returned to Paris and became secretary of the Académie française in 1958. In 1970, Genevoix, who was president of the program committee of French state radio, started a television series on French writers. He was also offered the Grand Prix National de Letters. He died on 8 September 1980.
The Académie française literary Prix Maurice Genevoix is named for him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_...
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January 18, 2014
Voilà. J'ai fini "Ceux de 14". Extraordinaire livre. Immense émotion littéraire et je pèse mes mots. Si vous ne voulez lire qu'un livre sur 14-18 c'est celui la. Si vous ne voulez lire qu'un tome lisez le dernier "Les éparges ". Et si vous êtes pressé lisez le chapitre "La mort". Hallucinante description de l'auteur qui en première ligne pendant 5 jours voit tous ses amis mourir autour de lui. Immense talent littéraire d'un jeune normalien que la guerre va transformer en écrivain.
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