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Christian Carion
Merry Christmas
(2005)
177 pages
Edition Perrin
(200x130x20)mm
Weight: 245grs
The war that broke out in the middle of summer 1914 forced millions of men to leave their homes to join the front. Nikolaus Sprink, a prodigious tenor at the Berlin Opera, had to interrupt the career he had begun and separate from the beautiful Anna Siirensen, his accomplice in the city as well as on stage. The priest Palmer, who volunteered, and Jonathan the sacristan left their native Scotland, one as a soldier, the other as a stretcher-bearer... In the trench where he had retreated with his men, Lieutenant Audebert could not help but think of his wife, from whom he had no news even though she was about to give birth. The war that was supposed to be short sets in. Christmas comes. The trenches lit by German garlands accentuate the men's melancholy. Suddenly, a sign, a glance, and there you have it, from one side to the other, people are stepping over the trenches, talking, exchanging memories, alcohol, cigarettes. Palmer, Audebert, Ponchel le Chtimi, all find themselves on the no man's land, between the French, Scottish and German trenches. The soldiers fraternize. Nikolaus, whom Anna has joined in defiance of all the regulations, will give his finest recital there. The unthinkable has happened.
Merry Christmas
(2005)
177 pages
Edition Perrin
(200x130x20)mm
Weight: 245grs
The war that broke out in the middle of summer 1914 forced millions of men to leave their homes to join the front. Nikolaus Sprink, a prodigious tenor at the Berlin Opera, had to interrupt the career he had begun and separate from the beautiful Anna Siirensen, his accomplice in the city as well as on stage. The priest Palmer, who volunteered, and Jonathan the sacristan left their native Scotland, one as a soldier, the other as a stretcher-bearer... In the trench where he had retreated with his men, Lieutenant Audebert could not help but think of his wife, from whom he had no news even though she was about to give birth. The war that was supposed to be short sets in. Christmas comes. The trenches lit by German garlands accentuate the men's melancholy. Suddenly, a sign, a glance, and there you have it, from one side to the other, people are stepping over the trenches, talking, exchanging memories, alcohol, cigarettes. Palmer, Audebert, Ponchel le Chtimi, all find themselves on the no man's land, between the French, Scottish and German trenches. The soldiers fraternize. Nikolaus, whom Anna has joined in defiance of all the regulations, will give his finest recital there. The unthinkable has happened.
Réf :
#290622
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Description
Christian Carion
Merry Christmas
(2005)
177 pages
Edition Perrin
(200x130x20)mm
Weight: 245grs
The war that broke out in the middle of summer 1914 forced millions of men to leave their homes to join the front. Nikolaus Sprink, a prodigious tenor at the Berlin Opera, had to interrupt the career he had begun and separate from the beautiful Anna Siirensen, his accomplice in the city as well as on stage. The priest Palmer, who volunteered, and Jonathan the sacristan left their native Scotland, one as a soldier, the other as a stretcher-bearer... In the trench where he had retreated with his men, Lieutenant Audebert could not help but think of his wife, from whom he had no news even though she was about to give birth. The war that was supposed to be short sets in. Christmas comes. The trenches lit by German garlands accentuate the men's melancholy. Suddenly, a sign, a glance, and there you have it, from one side to the other, people are stepping over the trenches, talking, exchanging memories, alcohol, cigarettes. Palmer, Audebert, Ponchel le Chtimi, all find themselves on the no man's land, between the French, Scottish and German trenches. The soldiers fraternize. Nikolaus, whom Anna has joined in defiance of all the regulations, will give his finest recital there. The unthinkable has happened.
Merry Christmas
(2005)
177 pages
Edition Perrin
(200x130x20)mm
Weight: 245grs
The war that broke out in the middle of summer 1914 forced millions of men to leave their homes to join the front. Nikolaus Sprink, a prodigious tenor at the Berlin Opera, had to interrupt the career he had begun and separate from the beautiful Anna Siirensen, his accomplice in the city as well as on stage. The priest Palmer, who volunteered, and Jonathan the sacristan left their native Scotland, one as a soldier, the other as a stretcher-bearer... In the trench where he had retreated with his men, Lieutenant Audebert could not help but think of his wife, from whom he had no news even though she was about to give birth. The war that was supposed to be short sets in. Christmas comes. The trenches lit by German garlands accentuate the men's melancholy. Suddenly, a sign, a glance, and there you have it, from one side to the other, people are stepping over the trenches, talking, exchanging memories, alcohol, cigarettes. Palmer, Audebert, Ponchel le Chtimi, all find themselves on the no man's land, between the French, Scottish and German trenches. The soldiers fraternize. Nikolaus, whom Anna has joined in defiance of all the regulations, will give his finest recital there. The unthinkable has happened.
Réf :
#290622
