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The Long Holiday
''The Long Holiday'' (1946; French: ''Les grandes vacances'') is a French novel by Francis Ambrière that chronicles the lives of French prisoners of war between 1940 and 1945. It was first published in 1946 and in that year was also awarded the 1940 Prix Goncourt, which previously had been missed because of the German invasion of France. The novel was translated in 1948 by Elaine P. Halperin as ''The Long Holiday''. It was reissued in a definitive version in 1956 entitled ''Les Grandes Vacances, 1939-1945''. References External links''The Long Holiday''at Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, ... 1946 French novels Novels set during World War II World War II memoirs Memoirs of imprisonment Prix Goncourt winning works {{1940s-WWII-novel-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Long Holiday
''The Long Long Holiday (Les Grandes Grandes Vacances)'' is a French animated series broadcast in 2015 on France 3 France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5 and France Info. It is made up of a network of regional television services provi ..., which tells the story of the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, German occupation of France during the Second World War through the perspectives of children in Normandy. In September 1939, Colette and Ernest are welcomed by their maternal grandparents in a fictional village named Grangeville, near Dieppe in Normandy. The short vacation becomes semi-permanent when their father goes off to fight, following the mobilization of France to fight the invading German Army (1935–1945), German Army, and the poor health of their mother, required to leave to be treated for tuberculosis in a sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |