We expect this to get big print media attention. A rare eyewitnees account by an important author of fleeing the Nazis march on Paris in 1940. Our edition features the never-before published introduction by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
LUon Werth (1878-1955)-novelist, biographer, art critic,
journalist, memoirist and political commentator; author of more
than 30 works (including a Goncourt Prize finalist); protUgU of
Octave Mirabeau; literary mentor and close friend of Antoine de
Saint-ExupUry (The Little Prince is dedicated to Werth).
Introduction by Antoine de Saint-ExupUry poet, philosopher,
aviator and author of The Little Prince, Wind, Sand and Stars and
Night Flight.
Translator Austin Denis Johnson, former editor at Time Inc.,
translates from the French. He lives in New York City.
“The riveting 33 Days, now in its first English translation, proves
that the author was no mere footnote."
—New York Magazine
“[Werth is] a sharp-eyed witness to the chaotic exodus… The reunion
was worth waiting for.”
—The Atlantic
“A searing chronicle of France’s 1940 exodus...A publishing event
in its own right; and almost certainly the best eye witness account
of l’Exode."
—Nick Lezard, The Guardian (UK)
“Genius... Lyrical yet brutally descriptive... The real suspense
here is in the tension between the absolutely trivial and the
absolutely terrible—a tension powerful enough to sustain the
entirety of this important memoir."
—Jewish Book Council
“33 Days, admirably translated by Austin Denis Johnston, is a
beautifully written portrait not just of the shock of sudden
occupation, but an eloquent essay on the meaning of how to remain
human, even in the face of such confusing adversity."
—Times Literary Supplement (UK)
“Riveting...masterful... Werth’s short book – fast-paced, engaging
and philosophical all at once – offers an astonishingly honest and
perceptive expression of life under occupation."
—PopMatters, 9 out of 10 stars
“With its gentle prose, the narrator’s constant questioning and
occasional humour, 33 Days is a valuable record of the those
fleeing Paris and a subtle yet fierce inquiry as to what it means
to be occupied."
—3:AM Magazine
“With nothing to steady oneself in this moment of complete
upheaval, at least the reader has Werth’s intellectual honesty,
precision of observation, and sensitivity to particularity… This is
the skill of a writer...that can, in unusual circumstances, turn an
author into a necessary interpreter of an increasingly unfathomable
world."
—Cleaver
“Extraordinary... An invaluable document of history as well as a
riveting literary narrative."
—Kirkus Reviews
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