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The Officers' Ward

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After being horribly disfigured during the war and sent to a hospital on the outskirts of Paris, Officer Adrien F. forms a special bond with the other soldiers dealing with pain and reconstructive surgery, and when a gorgeous woman joins their group, he learns that hope, humor, and humanity can exist in even the darkest of hours. Reprint.

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1998
Literary awards
prix du premier roman de luniversité dartois, 

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136 pages, Paperback
Published
November 30, 2002 by Soho Press
ISBN
9781569473078
ASIN
1569473072
Language
English
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Marc Dugain est né au Sénégal en 1957. La Chambre Des Officiers, son premier roman paru en 1998, a reçu dix-huit prix littéraires.

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yomichiiiii
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April 25,2025
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همان چند صفحه اول دل تان را به هم می زند، ممکن است بالا بیاورید. ممکن است تا چند روز هر وقت به آینه نگاه می کنید چای چهره خودتان صورت درب و داغان یک مجروح جنگی با یک حفره ی بزرگ در آن به چشم تان بیاید.
اگر دلش را ندارید که حقیقت جنگ را لخت و عور ببینید این کتاب را هرگز نخوانید.
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-Lupa-
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April 25,2025
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Dans ce roman, inspiré des événements vécus par le grand-père de Marc Dugain, on suit Adrien, un jeune homme séduisant de 24 ans, à l'avenir prometteur, lorsque la 1GM éclate.

En 1914, en mission de reconnaissance, Adrien se retrouve défiguré par un obus. On va suivre sa convalescence à l'hôpital Val-de-Grâce, dans la chambre des officiers.

Ce récit est terrible, puisque l'on découvre les mutilations de cette "grande boucherie", et l'impact psychique de ces blessures.

Ce roman ne se limite pourtant pas à ça, il est inspirant et beau. On y suit l'amitié qui va se nouer entre ces "gueules cassées". Mais aussi la volonté incroyable de ces hommes, qui ne se laissent pas abattre par les dégâts visibles et invisibles que cette guerre a laissé sur eux.

Je vous invite vraiment à découvrir ce cours roman. Il est important, dans notre société actuelle, de se rappeler ce que la cruauté humaine a engendré et engendre encore de nos jours.
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ما آدم‌ها چه موقع می‌خواهیم از این جنایت وحشتناک دسته‌جمعی که هیچ حیوانی مرتکبش نمی‌شود, دست برداریم؟
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chubar
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Mlle Alice, pouvez-vous nous raconter votre rencontre avec La Chambre des Officiers?

"Une fois de plus, voici l'un des livres remportés à l'occasion du concours des 50 ans de Pocket."

Dites-nous en un peu plus sur son histoire...


"Le jour de son départ pour la guerre, Adrien rencontre une belle femme. Un souvenir qui l'accompagnera longtemps, de ses quelques jours à la guerre à ses quelques années à l'hôpital."

Mais que s'est-il exactement passé entre vous?


"Ce n'est pas un livre que j'aurais choisi de moi-même, ni par son résumé, ni par sa couverture. J'appréhendais donc de retrouver une fois encore tout ce que je n'aime pas dans la littérature contemporaine mais cette histoire fut une belle surprise, charriant délicatesse et émotion tout à la fois pour parler des sujets les plus graves. C'est un petit conte sans prétention, sur les pensées, les espoirs et la vie d'hommes brisés, sur leur courage par-dessus tout. C'est très joli, et ça se lit en une heure ou deux tout au plus, ça ne vaut donc pas le coup de s'en passer."

Et comment cela s'est-il fini?


"J'ai déjà convaincue une amie de le lire et l'ai prêté avec plaisir. Une leçon de vie à faire circuler."



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asianxweirdo
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كتاب جذابي بود. رماني رئاليستي اما نه سياه! در عين دردناك بودن خيلي خوش بينانه... داستان افسراني كه از ناحيه صورت آسيب ديدن و در يك اتاق بي آينه هركدام آينه اي براي همديگرن. توي اين كتاب شخصيت ها همه زخم هايي دارن زخم هايي كه باعث ميشه "يك زنِ چهره از دست داده در قاموس كسي نگنجد"
چقد جنگ زشت و دردناكه...
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VK11
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April 25,2025
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Very interesting low-key book about a man from the French provinces who, through education, manages to enter the professional class as an engineer. He enlists in the French Army as an officer. The night before he joins his unit, he meets a woman, Clemence, at the train station and finds her very desirable. She, too, is enormously attracted, and they spend the night together in his Paris apartment. She's like no one he's ever met--she's a modernist and travels in artistic and musical circles. She was at the train station saying good-bye to her lover, a composer.

Upon meeting his unit, Adrien is ordered to reconnoiter and report back on the location of the German forces. It's very early in the war--this is one of the earliest battles. But Adrien falls into the mud, struck, and isn't found until a few days later. From the time of his injury on, he becomes very detached. It turns out that he is severely disfigured with facial injuries and placed in the officers' ward where they keep others such as himself, few at first, then more, as the casualties increase. He spends five years in this ward, forming an intense friendship with his two neighbors.

Adrien emerges as a heroic ideal. He does not complain, he accepts his fate with a kind of numb passivity, and eventually he joins his friends in ongoing suicide watches in their ward, the types of injuries treated there being so devastating. But even they are shook up when they discover that a woman, Marguerite, is one of them, for, "We had been fighting this war for the sakes of our women and children, and to find a woman here among us in the hospital had a doubly negative effect on us--we had failed in our mission, and we were powerless to punish the enemy who had dragged us into this war."

Towards the end of the war, the convalescents notice new "stirrings of rebellion" among the troops. "Even the officers had lost their pride in doing a job that had to be done." The chivalric attitudes that energized the country's entrance into war have now broken down completely, leaving cynicism and disgust at "the idiots on the general staff." The three men in their haven have been sheltered. They maintain their dignity and appreciate the honors that the government gives them, pleased by the recognition. As time passes and war threatens again, we learn about the depth of the friendship that the three share. Anyone reading the book might think that these men were the lucky ones.

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کتاب،داستان افسری است که در روزهای اول جنگ جهانی اول با اصابت یک خمپاره صورت خود را از دست می دهد ولی زنده می ماند و چگونگی ادامه ی زندگی خود را روایت می کند

جایی خوندم که کتاب ظاهرا بر اساس تجربه های یکی از اجداد خود نویسنده در طول جنگ بوده.
صحنه های خیلی دلخراش و دردناکی داشت و بنظرم اگه مثل من روحیه ی حساس دارین،نخونید:)))))

به امید روزی که در جهان جنگی وجود نداشته باشه
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