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Promise at Dawn

Romain Gary

Paperback | Pages: 348 pages

Rating: 4.3 | 5456 Users | 427 Reviews

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Original Title:	La Promesse de l'aube
ISBN:	0811210162 (ISBN13: 9780811210164)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Romain Kacew, Nina Kacew
Setting:	Wilno,1921(Lithuania) France Poland

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'Promise at Dawn' begins as the story of a mother's sacrifice. Alone and poor, she fights fiercely to give her son the very best. Gary chronicles his childhood with her in Russia, Poland, and on the French Riviera. And he recounts his adventurous life as a young man fighting for France in the Second World War. But above all, he tells the story of the love for his mother that was his very life, their secret and private planet, their wonderland "born out of a mother's murmur into a child's ear, a promise whispered at dawn of future triumphs and greatness, of justice and love."


A romantic, thrilling memoir that has become a French classic.

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Title	:	Promise at Dawn
Author	:	Romain Gary
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 348 pages
Published	:	April 17th 1987 by New Directions (first published 1960)
Categories	:	Cultural. France. Fiction. Classics

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the first third - childhood and early age were absolutely hilarious. the good maid's rear end superimposed on the math teacher face had me laughing out loud. it was also good natured and touching, as I remembered from his other books (been about 20 years since i read them...)however, he kind of lost me as the book progressed, as a sense of some very French false modesty dripped into the war tales and all the women that fell into his hands of course. maybe it's just the mood I am in.the ending,

This is an extraordinary autobiography or rather, (fictionalised?) memoir of Romain Garys childhood and his mother. She had been a Russian actress who was determined to get herself and son to France where she predicted he would become famous for something artistic (anything), a womaniser, and a French diplomat. He eventually did all of these, becoming a well known writer who won the Prix Goncourt twice under two different pen names, and, in time, a screenplay writer in Hollywood (he married the

A thoroughly engaging memoir of this French writers early life and ongoing quest to fulfil his mothers ambitions, namely for Gary to become a great artist, a person of distinction. In addition to these creative pursuits, the memoir also touches on Garys time as an instructor and pilot during the Second World War. It is by turns humorous, entertaining, charming and poignant, a story that blends the lighthearted with the moving and profound.To read my review, please click here:

This book was just amazing. I never would have chosen to read it on my own, but it was the example of modern French literature in a course that I took. Romain Gary is an interesting character all on his own in real life. This book includes parts of his autobiography, but mixed in with fiction so that it's impossible to tell when is real and what is not. It's impossible to not be moved by the end of this book and it's one that I will treasure. If possible, I recommend reading the original French

I had never heard of Romain Gary before I was given this autobiography, which I have been progressively reading for a month, determined to finish it. While there's no doubt of the brilliance of the writerit was continually demonstrated in the workit was also long and self-indulgent, with huge passages that were ponderous at best.My ambivalence about the work might also have been motivated by my inability to relate to its protagonistnot Romain Gary, who wrote this autobiographybut his mother, who

Excellent autobiography of the French novelist Romain Gary from his childhood days spent in Poland,Russia and France up until the end of the Second World War, in which he served in the R.A.F. Most of the book is on the relationship between him and his mother (he never really knew his father)who had a profound influence on his life (in a good way).While I think maybe he embellishes some of the details of her life, she was still obviously an amazing woman and mother, and the ending of the book is

Helens face may have launched a thousand ships in the Iliad, but Roman Garys mother takes the prize for launching and totally shaping her sons dramatic life. The successes of Garys career--a prize-winning novelist, an officer who was brave against the enemies of France in WW2, and a diplomat for the French government--were all worked out from early childhood through collusion with her ambitious fantasies for his fate. She outdoes the grip of McCourts mom his development in Angelas Ashes and is