20th century
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aerial photographs
american photographer
artists
Author_Emily Mitchell
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debut
edward steichen
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first world war
france
historical fiction
marriage
reconnaissance
war photography
world war i
wwi
Product details
- ISBN 9780393331943
- Weight: 494g
- Dimensions: 140 x 211mm
- Publication Date: 17 Feb 2012
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the summer of 1918, with the Germans threatening Paris, Edward Steichen arrives in France to photograph the war for the American army. There, he finds a country filled with poignant memories for him: early artistic success, marriage, the birth of two daughters, and a love affair that divided his family. Told with elegance and transporting historical sensitivity, Emily Mitchell’s first novel captures the life of a great American artist caught in the reckoning of a painful past in a world beset by war.
A Finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lion's Fiction Award and named a Best Book of the Year by the Providence Journal, the Austin-American-Stateman, and the Madison Capital Times.
Emily Mitchell's stories have been published in Harper’s, Ploughshares, New England Review, and elsewhere. She teaches at the University of Maryland. Her novel The Last Summer of the World was published in 2007. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
