About this title: Emilie Carles was born in 1900 into the rigidly conservative patriarchal world of a poor and isolated peasant community in the High Alps of France. Her autobiography is the tale of a world that has largely disappeared and of the one that has emerged to take its place. 8 pages of photographs.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1992-06-01
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, NY
Date Published: 1992
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date Published: 1992
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Description: Very Good Plus. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book has slight curling of corners, scuffing to spine & spine ends, minor shelf & edgewear. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1991
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Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. 1991 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS EDITION-CLEAN, TIGHT SOFTCOVER read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 1992-06-01
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1992
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Edition: First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780140169652ISBN:0140169652
Description: VG+++ No Jacket. Biography. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book looks unread and is near-flawless--Owner's first name is written at the top of the front endpage, and one corner is bent at tis very tip. Very light shelfwear to spine top and bottom. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
"surprisingly good for a book I had to read for class. Carles is an interesting woman with very intense memories and ideals. One can tell from reading it that she was very strongly influenced by her pacifist and much older husband (but who isn't influenced by their spouse) and that tends to make me wonder what her views on life were without his mixed in. It is a wonderful portrayal of rural life in France during the two World Wars. I was interested to learn the impact of these huge world events on peasant people."
"It's been years since I read this book--but I remember being moved by the story--and it still sits on my shelf as something I intend to read again someday."
"I don't agree with Emilie Carles politically, but was so happy to find a bio of a woman from a peasant background who used her intellect and moved in the world of ideas, and still got her hands dirty. I am always interested in how people blend--or patch--these sometimes incompatible approaches to life together. Her account of her relationship with her husband was especially good--frank and open, and just suffused with appreciation for the person he was."
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