The Officers' Ward (novel)
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The Officers' Ward is a novel
by Marc Dugain
, published in 1999
(1999 in English
). It is supposedly based on the experiences of one of the author's own ancestors during World War I
.
The novel was made into a film
in 2001
, directed by François Dupeyron
and starring Eric Caravaca
as the central character.
The novel follows the experiences of the group in the aftermath of the war and their subsequent lives, right up to World War II
and beyond.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Marc Dugain
Marc Dugain
Marc Dugain is a French novelist, chiefly known for La Chambre des Officiers , a novel set in World War I.Dugain was born in Senegal, and studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble...
, published in 1999
1998 in literature
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(1999 in English
1999 in literature
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). It is supposedly based on the experiences of one of the author's own ancestors during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
.
The novel was made into a film
The Officers' Ward (film)
The Officers' Ward , is a 2001 French film, directed by François Dupeyron and starring Eric Caravaca as the central character. It based on the novel by Marc Dugain...
in 2001
2001 in film
The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...
, directed by François Dupeyron
François Dupeyron
François Dupeyron is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1977. His film La chambre des officiers was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:...
and starring Eric Caravaca
Eric Caravaca
Eric Caracava is a French actor and director.The son of an engineer, Caracava studied literature while taking acting lessons...
as the central character.
Synopsis
Adrien Fournier, a handsome lieutenant in the Engineers, is wounded on a simple reconnaissance mission on the first day of French involvement in the Great War. He is hit by a stray shell, which kills his fellow officers and his horse, and tears a tunnel through the centre of Adrien's face. Devastated and permanently disfigured, he spends the rest of the war in a hospital, in a maxillofacial unit, with a small group of others who have similar injuries -- including a woman, Marguerite, who has been wounded while nursing at the Western Front. Adrien's palate and jaw are gradually reconstructed by pioneering plastic surgeons.The novel follows the experiences of the group in the aftermath of the war and their subsequent lives, right up to World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and beyond.