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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Man who loses his face at the beginning of the war suffers many surgeries, many losses. Translated from the French. ( )Un thème très fort et une ode à la vie J'ai lu ce livre il ya maintenant six mois et je ne me rappelle plus ce que j'en ai pensé. J'enconcluerai donc que c'est un livre qui n'est ni bon, ni mauvais et qui laisse finalement peu de traces. It is 1914 - the first year of WWI. Adrien was at the front on the first day of the war when his two lieutenants were killed by a shell. Thankfully, Adrien still remained alive, however his face was so badly hit that his upper jaw had been blown off, and Adrien was kept in a ward without mirrors for those with facial wounds, where he was fed through his nose and looked after for the remainder of the war. As he undergoes surgeries at the hospital, he meets two other soldiers whose faces were damaged, and he manages to keep in touch with them even after the war had ended. I thought this book had lost a bit of its descriptive language when it was translated, however it was an easy (yet discomforting) read. I liked how the author started the story before the main event, and finished it well when he told us what happened to Adrien's friends and family. En 1914, Adrien Fournier, jeune ingénieur provincial installé depuis peu à Paris, est mobilisé et part à la guerre. Il en reviendra trop vite, atrocement mutilé, défiguré, sans même avoir combattu. Son quotidien sera désormais celui d’un homme brisé, cloîtré dans une chambre sans miroir réservée à ceux que l’on nomme « les gueules cassées ». Dans cette chambre des officiers, auprès de ses compagnons d’infortune, il lui faudra entamer un long chemin de croix vers la guérison fait de souffrances physiques et surtout morales. Le reflet de soi dans les yeux des autres peut être bien pire que celui renvoyé par un miroir. C’est un roman court où chaque mot, choisi avec soin, prend aux tripes. Les phrases sont comme des éclats d’obus, tranchantes et percutantes. Pour son premier roman, inspiré de son enfance, Marc Dugain touche au but. Il nous renvoie au travers de la souffrance de ces hommes toutes les horreurs de la guerre. [http://aubonroman.blogspot.com/2007/0...] no reviews | add a review
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