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    The Officers' Ward by Marc Dugain (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Officers' Ward by Marc Dugain (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Officers' Ward by Marc Dugain (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    The Officers' Ward by Marc Dugain (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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    Unlock the more straightforward side of The Officers’ Ward with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!

    This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Officers’ Ward by Marc Dugain, a novel which tells the story of one soldier’s brief experience of the First World War and the scars it leaves him with. After his face is horribly disfigured at the beginning of the war, Adrien Fournier is transferred to a military hospital, where he remains for the rest of the conflict. He must resign himself to his new appearance and find the courage to face his friends, family and society as a whole. The Officers’ Ward was published in 1998 and was shortlisted for Le Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française. The phenomenal success of the novel convinced Dugain to become a full-time writer, and he has since written several novels and a play. 

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateMay 24, 2017
    ISBN9782806297327
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      The Officers' Ward by Marc Dugain (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      French author, theatre director and filmmaker

      Born in Senegal in 1957.

      Notable works:

      The Officers’ Ward (1998), novel

      Une exécution ordinaire (An Ordinary Execution, 2000), novel

      La Bonté des femmes (The Kindness of Women, 2011), film

      Marc Dugain was born in Senegal to French parents. Before becoming a writer, worked in political science, finance and aeronautics. He then turned to writing and began to publish books (The Officers’ Ward; La Malédiction d’Edgar [The Curse of Edgar], 2005; Une exécution ordinaire) which featured various characters – officers, businessmen, directors – in critical situations (war, power, espionage). He is also the author of a comic book, has written several collections of short stories, and directed a play. The success of The Officers’ Ward led him to adapt it for the cinema in 2001. He also directed the adaptation of Une exécution ordinaire in 2010.

      When war destroys every last shred of humanity

      Genre: novel

      Reference edition: Dugain, M. (2001) The Officers’ Ward. Trans. Curtis, H. London: Phoenix

      1st edition: 1999 (Original work published in France in 1998)

      Themes: First World War, gueules cassées, stares, hope, suffering, trauma

      The Officers’ Ward was published in 1998 and was extremely successful. The author was inspired to write this short, simple and concise novel by his childhood spent with his grandfather in his chateau de Gueules cassées (Castle of Broken Faces). It

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