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Resistance: A Novel [Paperback]

Anita Shreve (Author)
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Publication Date: Jan 1 1997
This tale of impossible love--told with the same narrative grace and keen eye for human emotion that have distinguished all of Anita Shreve's cherished bestsellers--leads us into a harrowing world where forbidden passions have catastrophic consequences.
In a Nazi-occupied Belgian village, Claire Daussois, the wife of a resistance worker, shelters a wounded American bomber pilot in a secret attic hideaway. As she nurses him back to health, Claire is drawn into an affair that seems strong enough to conquer all--until the brutal realities of war intrude, shattering every idea she ever had about love, trust, and betrayal.

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As in her earlier novels, Shreve (Eden Close) affectingly explores themes of love and loss with piercing clarity, once again capturing the fragile emotions of those in pain. Here, however, she moves from her customary domestic, contemporary milieu to WWII Europe?to the Belgian village of Delahaut, where young Claire Daussois and her husband, Henri, are members of an underground resistance movement. When a British plane goes down outside the town in December 1943, the plucky 10-year-old Jean Benoit finds a survivor, Ted Brice, hides him in his father's barn and then summons the aid of Mme. Daussois. As she has done with other refugees, Claire shelters the 22-year-old captain in her attic. When it becomes necessary for Henri to go into hiding, Claire and Ted embark on a brief affair, a passionate liaison made more poignant by its simultaneous inevitability and futility. With deceptive simplicity and superb control, Shreve evokes the impersonal horrors of wartime and its heartbreaking personal tragedies?often combining those elements to almost overwhelming effect, as when Jean witnesses the execution of several townspeople as reprisal for their resistance activities.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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YA?In December 1943, an American fighter plane is downed near a small village in Belgium. The pilot, Lt. Ted Brice, is rescued by a member of the local resistance movement. As he is hidden in the small attic at the home of Claire Daussois, he becomes acutely aware of the danger to himself as well as his hostess and her husband. A bond develops between Claire and Ted during his 20-day stay that changes both of their lives forever. Through this fast-paced novel, YAs will gain insight into the unthinkable horrors of World War II-German retribution, village collaborators, and local resistance workers. Shreve describes the landscape and the local residents in such detail that readers will quickly become involved in the lives of the characters.?Roberta Lisker, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars WAR IS HELL... Jan 3 2011
By Lawyeraau TOP 100 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
I am a fan of this author's novels. As always, she writes with great clarity and sureness in her assessment of complex human emotions, engaging the reader in an intimate narrative. It is a talent that enables the author to keep the reader riveted to the pages of this book. She weaves a deceptively simple story about courage, love, and betrayal, set against the backdrop of the horrors and heartbreak of war.

The author sets the story in the war torn, Nazi-occupied Belgian village of Delahaut, where the resistance works behind the scenes to defeat the enemy. While flying on a bombing mission, American fighter pilot, Ted Brice, makes a last minute decision that causes his plane to crash in that village.

When a ten year old boy, the son of a Nazi collaborator, finds the wounded pilot hiding in the woods, he finds a way to secrete him in his father's barn. He then notifies twenty-something Claire Daussois, who has a secret room in her home where she has hidden others during the war, of the pilot's plight.

Claire, along with her husband, Henri, take the pilot in, before he can be discovered by the enemy, and Claire nurses him back to health. When an event occurs that angers the Nazis, causing reprisals amongst the villagers, Henri is forced into hiding. As time goes by, Claire and Ted engage in a brief, but passionate, affair, only to discover that, in war-time, betrayal is a two way street.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love and Resistance Mar 29 2004
By Janice M. Hansen
Format:Paperback
In the foreground of WWII, a young wife named Claire Daussois and her husband, Henri are members of an underground resistance movement in a small Belgian village. There is little romance between the two, indeed Claire takes extreme precautions to prevent conception, fearful of bringing a child into the unpredictable chaos of war. Commited as they are to the resistance, one feels the emptiness of their relationship, and in this environment falls Ted Brice, an American pilot, injured in a crash landing of his plane in their town of Delahaut.

Saved by a spunky ten year old Jean Benoit, he manages to find his way to the Daussois home. There he is placed in protective hiding and must face his future at the hand of strangers.

A tense story line unfolds as the town is caught up in the deception. Who can you trust? Citizen turns against citizen and everything is at stake. One must realize that this kind of activity happened. This is not just fiction, but based on realities of many villages across Europe and the horror of it all is almost unbearable.

There is love in the hole of hell itself. There is forgiveness and strength in moving on. This is a lovely novel of a time many of us have no knowledge of. Therefore, it is very important to contemplate these stories, for in so many other words, most of them did happen. There was just no one left to write the story.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Shreve is my break novelist Mar 4 2004
By John I. Provan
Format:Paperback
I try to read classics and the award winning books but when I need a break from the technical stuff I pull out a Shreve novel. This is her best novel that I have read. I hope like the others they make this one into a movie. I would say the Weight of Water is next and the Pilot's Wife is last. This would make an excellent novel for a vacation read on the beach.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Readable, moving account of a British flyer & the resistance
I had previously enjoyed several other books by Anita Shreve, but
somehow had missed RESISTANCE . . . Read more
Published on Dec 1 2003 by Blaine Greenfield
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant writing on a difficult time.......
This was my second book by Shreve, Fortune's Rocks being my first. Without a doubt, Anita Shreve is one of my favorite authors. Read more
Published on Jan 21 2003 by Terri DuLong
4.0 out of 5 stars Another pleaser from Anita Shreve
This is my fifth book of Ms. Shreve's that I have read and it was by far my favorite. I felt as if I were in WWII Europe myself. Read more
Published on Dec 29 2002 by L. Walters
2.0 out of 5 stars Ultimately Depressing
As this is a typical Anita Shreve novel, the reader should not expect a happy ending. As in her other popular offerings, "The Pilot's WIfe" and "The Weight of Water", this... Read more
Published on Sep 16 2002 by Diana F. Von Behren
4.0 out of 5 stars Quick reading
"Resistance" was a most readable story that took place in a small window of time during World War II in Belgium. Read more
Published on July 31 2002 by BeachReader
3.0 out of 5 stars Implausible
I love Anita Shreve books but when I started to read this I realized it must be based on the true story of a village (in France? Read more
Published on May 23 2002 by P.C.
5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT PLOT AND PROSE
This book caught me from the first page. Magnificent writing with a simple but wonderful story. Even a week after finishing, I am remembering the book and wishing I still had... Read more
Published on April 10 2002 by Colleen Miller
2.0 out of 5 stars Not Her Best-or even close
I loved "The Pilot's Wife" and "The Weight of Water", but this book was just downright sloppy. It was like a bad Danielle Steel book. What happened to Ms. Read more
Published on Feb 5 2002
3.0 out of 5 stars A subtle, pleasing novel
This is an intimate portrait of the Resistence in a small village near the southern border of Belgium and the wartime romance between a young housewife and the wounded American... Read more
Published on Nov 16 2001 by Jayne MacManus
4.0 out of 5 stars TRUE HEROES AND HEROINES
In THE RESISTANCE, Anita Shreve takes a very sad time in world history and writes a poignant story which lets us see that when good people take a stand against injustice, that... Read more
Published on Oct 22 2001 by Mary Allen
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