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The Resource The love-charm of bombs : restless lives in the Second World War, Lara Feigel, (electronic resource)

The love-charm of bombs : restless lives in the Second World War, Lara Feigel, (electronic resource)

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (519 p.)
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."
Isbn
9781608199853
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=F0E19444-10F3-44C9-8A6F-6305E4C3C502
Instance
Label
The love-charm of bombs : restless lives in the Second World War
Title
The love-charm of bombs
Title remainder
restless lives in the Second World War
Statement of responsibility
Lara Feigel
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
TEFOD
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Feigel, Lara
Dewey number
940.53/421
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
D760.8.L7
LC item number
F45 2013eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Bowen, Elizabeth
  • Greene, Graham
  • Macaulay, Rose
  • Green, Henry
  • Spiel, Hilde
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Authors, English
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Tweede Wereldoorlog
  • Schrijvers
  • Engels
  • Bellettrie
  • Literatuur (fictie en non-fictie)
  • Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland
Label
The love-charm of bombs : restless lives in the Second World War, Lara Feigel, (electronic resource)
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=F0E19444-10F3-44C9-8A6F-6305E4C3C502
Instantiates
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Color
multicolored
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."
Control code
ocn853449897
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (519 p.)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781608199853
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Level of compression
unknown
Other physical details
ill., map.
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)853449897
Label
The love-charm of bombs : restless lives in the Second World War, Lara Feigel, (electronic resource)
Link
http://calgary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=F0E19444-10F3-44C9-8A6F-6305E4C3C502
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Color
multicolored
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."
Control code
ocn853449897
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (519 p.)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781608199853
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Level of compression
unknown
Other physical details
ill., map.
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)853449897

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