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The love-charm of bombs : restless lives in the Second World War / Lara Feigel.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: D760.8.L7 F45 2013

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    Summary
    As poetic as it is enlightening this detailed biography of five literary figures is achingly beautiful in its depiction of the disturbing everyday realities of war.
    Format
    Book
    Author/Creator
    Feigel, Lara.
    Published
    London : Bloomsbury, 2013
    Locale
    England
    London
    Contents
    Part I. One Night in the Lives of Five Writers : September 26, 1940
    Newsreel
    7 p.m. : Blackout
    10 p.m. : Fire
    1 a.m. : Rescue
    6 a.m. : All Clear
    Part II. The Blitz : September 1940-May 1941
    "War, she thought, was sex"
    "Ireland can be dementing"
    "How we shall survive this I don't know"
    "So much else is on the way to be lost"
    Part III. The Lull : June 1941-February 1944
    " You are the ultimate of something"
    "Can pain and danger exist?"
    "Only at night I cry"
    "Alas, what hate everywhere"
    Part IV. Approaching Victory : June 1944-August 1945
    "Droning things, mindlessly making for you"
    "A collective intoxication of happiness"
    "The days were listless and a flop"
    Part V. Surveying the Ruins : Postwar Europe, 1945-9
    "The magic Irish light and the soft air"
    "Flying, no, leaping, into the centre of the mainland"
    "O, maybe we'll live a while in Killala"
    "The returning memory of a dream long forgotten"
    "The place I really did lose my heart to was Vienna"
    Part VI. Mid-century : Middle Age
    " We could have been happy for a lifetime"
    "Let us neither of us forget ... what reality feels like and eternity is"
    "The world my wilderness, its caves my home."
    Notes
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Part I. One Night in the Lives of Five Writers : September 26, 1940 -- Newsreel -- 7 p.m. : Blackout -- 10 p.m. : Fire -- 1 a.m. : Rescue -- 6 a.m. : All Clear -- Part II. The Blitz : September 1940-May 1941 -- "War, she thought, was sex" -- "Ireland can be dementing" -- "How we shall survive this I don't know" -- "So much else is on the way to be lost" -- Part III. The Lull : June 1941-February 1944 -- " You are the ultimate of something" -- "Can pain and danger exist?" -- "Only at night I cry" -- "Alas, what hate everywhere" -- Part IV. Approaching Victory : June 1944-August 1945 -- "Droning things, mindlessly making for you" -- "A collective intoxication of happiness" -- "The days were listless and a flop" -- Part V. Surveying the Ruins : Postwar Europe, 1945-9 -- "The magic Irish light and the soft air" -- "Flying, no, leaping, into the centre of the mainland" -- "O, maybe we'll live a while in Killala" -- "The returning memory of a dream long forgotten" -- "The place I really did lose my heart to was Vienna" -- Part VI. Mid-century : Middle Age -- " We could have been happy for a lifetime" -- "Let us neither of us forget ... what reality feels like and eternity is" -- "The world my wilderness, its caves my home."

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    Language
    English
    ISBN
    9781608199846
    1608199843
    9781408830444
    1408830442
    9781408841037
    1408841037
    Physical Description
    519 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

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