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The War at Sixteen: Autobiography Volume II (1916-1919)

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Julian Green was as young as the century when in 1916 his world was turned upside down by war. Encouraged by his father to 'do something' for the war effort he joined up in the American Field Service to fight for France, the land of his birth.

After a period of training as an ambulance driver, he and his comrades were sent to the Argonne forest on the North-Eastern front wh
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Hardcover , 207 pages
Published December 1st 1993 by Marion Boyars Publishers (first published January 1st 1964)
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Stéphane
Deuxième volume des mémoires de jeunesse de Julien Green, Mille chemings ouverts parcours les années de la première guerre mondiale jusqu'à son départ pourles Etats-Unis.
Comme le premier volume qui retraçait ses plus jeunes, cette seconde partie est un vrai bonheur de lecture tant le style de Julien Green et sa franchise sont passionants. Se souvenirs sont d'une rare honnêteté et l'auteur semble partagé entre tendresse pour le jeune homme naïf qu'il fût et la critique de l'arrogance innocente et
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Julien Green was an American writer, who authored several novels, including Léviathan and Each in His Own Darkness . He wrote primarily in French.
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