Fair Stood The Wind For France
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Fair Stood the Wind for France, first published in 1944, is author H. E. Bates' fictional account of a downed English bomber-pilot and his crew over occupied France during World War II. The men are... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:B0006AQGK2
Release Date:January 1944
Publisher:Little, Brown and Company
Length:270 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:5.5" x 1.0" x 7.8"
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Beauty In The Moment
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Not many books change your life. HE Bates had a magical ability to evoke scenes of beauty and peace. In this novel, against a background of violence and fear. When I first read 'Fair Stood The Wind For France' as a schoolboy, I was attracted by the story of the heroic RAF bomber pilot shot down behind enemy lines in France, and his efforts to escape back to England. As I read it I realised that war was not heroic and glamorous, but filled with fear and disfigurement. Hardly an unique epiphany to be sure! But what brought it home to my fifteen year-old mind was Bates' simple illustration of his hero contemplating his inability ever again to open a bottle of wine and pour a glass. A banal task whose infinitesimal pleasure is usually lost against the noise of our lives. Bates brings home the happiness we can glean from the everyday, through his ability to conjure beauty from the mundane. Read this book for the beauty that Bates can evoke. Read it again to learn the value of a moment.
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