Bibliograph

The force of things, a marriage in war and peace, Alexander Stille

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The force of things, a marriage in war and peace, Alexander Stille

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The force of things

Oclc number

794603963

Responsibility statement

Alexander Stille

Sub title

a marriage in war and peace

Summary

Chronicles how religious differences strengthened and weakened the relationship of the author's parents, set against the tumult and strife of the 1930s and 1940s

Table Of Contents

The force of things -- pt. 1. Bogerts. The father and mother of lists -- pt. 2. Kamenetzkis. The D'Annunzio letter, or, The last of the Kamenetzkis ; The documents in the suitcase ; A "certain silence," or, The other Ugo Stille ; Death by bureaucracy ; Sergeant Michael Kamenetzki -- pt. 3. Bogerts. Letters home : money, clothes, and boys ; From Bauhaus to our house, or, The detective report -- pt. 4. Worlds collide. Worlds collide ("Don't worry about me") ; Love letters ("The hawk is biting") ; The wedding license ; Personal, confidential-- destroy after reading ; The beginning of something ; The end of something ; Friendship ; The return of Michele Kamenetzki ; Endgame ; What to keep and what to throw out -- A counter-narrative, or, The man under the rug

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