Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belport

by Edith Wharton, Colm Tóibín (Foreword by)

Overview

As nuanced in her observations of human behavior as she is in her vivid depictions of French landscape and architecture, Wharton fully exploited her unique position as consort to Walter Barry, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Paris, which allowed her unparalleled access to life in the trenches. Sensitive without sentimentality, and offering a valuable and extremely rare female perspective of a war dominated by the male viewpoint, this series of articles is nothing less than an inspirational testament to the strength of the human spirit at a time of the greatest adversity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781843914518
Publisher:	Hesperus Press
Publication date:	04/01/2010
Series:	Hesperus Modern Voices
Pages:	122
Product dimensions:	4.70(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Novelist Edith Wharton (1862–1937) is known for her finely crafted stories of New York mores, including The Age of Innocence. Colm Tóibín is one of Ireland’s leading contemporary writers. His novel The Master was short-listed for the Booker Prize.

Date of Birth:

January 24, 1862

Date of Death:

August 11, 1937

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France

Education:

Educated privately in New York and Europe