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Wide Awake
Robert Bober
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Description for Wide Awake
Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 251.
Coming of age in 1960s Paris, Bernard Applebaum exists in the hazy shadow of the Holocaust and on the electric cusp of the French New Wave. The narrator of Wide Awake can be found as he wanders the city streets in search of signs of his father, who was deported by the Nazis in 1942. Bernard's chance encounter with a former acquaintance who has become filmmaker Francois Truffaut's assistant leads to a spot as an extra on the set of Jules and Jim - setting into motion a series of discoveries and lost memories that crack open a hidden past. ... Read more
Coming of age in 1960s Paris, Bernard Applebaum exists in the hazy shadow of the Holocaust and on the electric cusp of the French New Wave. The narrator of Wide Awake can be found as he wanders the city streets in search of signs of his father, who was deported by the Nazis in 1942. Bernard's chance encounter with a former acquaintance who has become filmmaker Francois Truffaut's assistant leads to a spot as an extra on the set of Jules and Jim - setting into motion a series of discoveries and lost memories that crack open a hidden past. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781595587015
SKU
V9781595587015
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Ref
99-15
About Robert Bober
Born in 1931 in Berlin, Robert Bober is a film and stage director and writer. He has directed over 120 films for television and is the author of five books, including Ellis Island (The New Press) with Georges Perec and Quoi de neuf sur la guerre?, for which he was awarded the Prix du Livre Inter. Bober lives in Paris. ... Read more
Reviews for Wide Awake
An exhortation to savor the small momentary joys . . . to capture fleeting moments. —Le Monde des Livres Ventriloquist of writing, Bober speaks in several voices, and captivates in every range. Télérama Recreates an era and a Paris that has completely disappeared. Livres Hebdo A story of desire told with ... Read more