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The Collaborator : The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach by Alice Kaplan (2000, Hardcover)

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On February 6, 1945, Robert Brasillach was executed for treason by a French firing squad. He was a writer of some distinction--a prolific novelist and a keen literary critic. He was also a dedicated anti-Semite, an acerbic opponent of French democracy, and editor in chief of the fascist weekly Je Suis Partout , in whose pages he regularly printed wartime denunciations of Jews and resistance activists. Was Brasillach in fact guilty of treason? Was he condemned for his denunciations of the resistance, or singled out as a suspected homosexual? Was it right that he was executed when others, who were directly responsible for the murder of thousands, were set free? Kaplan's meticulous reconstruction of Brasillach's life and trial skirts none of these ethical subtleties: a detective story, a cautionary tale, and a meditation on the disturbing workings of justice and memory, The Collaborator will stand as the definitive account of Brasillach's crime and punishment. A National Book Award Finalist A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist "A well-researched and vivid account."--John Weightman, New York Review of Books "A gripping reconstruction of [Brasillach's] trial."-- The New Yorker "Readers of this disturbing book will want to find moral touchstones of their own. They're going to need them. This is one of the few works on Nazism that forces us to experience how complex the situation really was, and answers won't come easily."--Daniel Blue, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review " The Collaborator is one of the best-written, most absorbing pieces of literary history in years."--David A. Bell, New York Times Book Review "Alice Kaplan's clear-headed study of the case of Robert Brasillach in France has a good deal of current-day relevance. . . . Kaplan's fine book . . . shows that the passage of time illuminates different understandings, and she leaves it to us to reflect on which understanding is better."--Richard Bernstein, The New York Times

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226424146
ISBN-13
9780226424149
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1652389

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Book Title
Collaborator : the Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
European / French, Military / World War II, Europe / France, Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, Subjects & Themes / Politics, Legal History, Military
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Law, Literary Criticism, History, Political Science
Author
Alice Kaplan
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
22.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Dewey Edition
21
Lccn
99-048291
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
848/.91209 B
Lc Classification Number
D802.F8b6985 2000
Table of Content
Preface ONE: The Making of a Fascist Writer TWO: Brasillach's War THREE: The Liberation of Paris FOUR: Jail FIVE: Marcel Reboul: The Government Prosecutor SIX: Jacques Isorni: Counsel for the Defense SEVEN: Missing Persons: Brasillach's Suburban Jury EIGHT: Court NINE: The Writers' Petition TEN: No Pardon ELEVEN: Reactions TWELVE: After the Trial THIRTEEN: Justice in Hindsight FOURTEEN: The Brasillach Myth Acknowledgments Notes Index
Copyright Date
2000

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The Collaborator : The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach by Alice Kaplan (2000, Hardcover)

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