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1929 Jours: Mourning War in the 21st-Century
Contributor(s): Mingasson, Nicolas (Author)

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ISBN: 2251446079     ISBN-13: 9782251446073
Publisher: Les Belles Lettres
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Binding Type: Paperback
Language: French
Published: October 2016
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- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Series: Romans, Essais, Poesie, Documents
Physical Information: 384 pages
 
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"They have no idea - they come and go march by, etc., but who among them knows that my life is changed today, that my son is dead, that two soldiers died, while they live on? I was infuriated -angry to see them live, living as I had been just moments before. My son was dead and I would never see him again "Since then, she has been counting - 1929 days. There were 90 of them.They had comrades-in-arms, commanding officers, friends, wives, children, fathers and mothers. As French soldiers, they went off to fight in Afghanistan and never came back.Nicolas Mingasson spent two years gathering testimonies from those among their relatives who opened their doors to him, and confided what their lives had been like since the day when their son, husband, father, or brother joined the Army. These poignant accounts speak of lives shattered by faraway events which - once the national honours have been rendered - leave those close to the victims alone, in the grip of a long and painful mourning. Ils ne se rendent pas compte, ils vont, viennent, marchent... mais qui, au milieu d'eux, sait qu'aujourd'hui ma vie est changee, que mon fils est mort, que deux soldats sont morts pendant qu'eux continuent de vivre ? J'avais la rage. J'etais en colere de les voir vivre, vivre comme je vivais encore quelques instants auparavant. Mon fils etait mort et je ne le reverrais plus Depuis elle compte... 1929 jours.Ils etaient 90. Ils avaient des camarades d'arme, des chefs, des amis, des epouses, des enfants, des peres et des meres. Militaires francais, ils sont partis combattre en Afghanistan et ne sont pas revenus. Nicolas Mingasson a passe deux annees a recueillir les mots des proches qui lui ont ouvert leur porte et confie ce qu'ils ont vecu depuis le jour ou leur fils, leur mari, leur pere ou leur frere s'est engage dans l'armee. Ces poignants temoignages racontent des vies bouleversees par des evenements lointains qui, une fois les hommages nationaux rendus, laissent les proches des victimes seuls, aux prises avec un deuil long et difficile.
 
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