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At the beginning of the 1950s, three disparate young men are thrown together as roommates at Harvard College: Henry White, a Polish-Jewish refugee who survived World War II by hiding in Poland; Archibald P. Palmer III, an Army brat; and Sam Standish, ostensibly the scion of a fine New England family who has just learned that he was adopted at birth by parents he cannot respect. Each seeks to come to terms with his identity or to remake it altogether. Henry’s task is especially daunting: He is determined to live as an American, free of the shackles of his hideous past. But reinvention is a bargain with the devil, and over the years each will find that it comes at a high cost, challenging one’s honor and loyalty to parents, friends, and ultimately oneself.
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Matters of Honor, Louis Begley
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- Rok vydání
- 2008
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- Titul
- Matters of Honor
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Louis Begley
- Vydavatel
- Ballantine Books
- Rok vydání
- 2008
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 336
- ISBN10
- 0345494342
- ISBN13
- 9780345494344
- Série
- Štítky
- Beletrie, Historické romány
- Původní název
- Matters of honor
- Hodnocení
- 3,25 z 5
- Anotace
- At the beginning of the 1950s, three disparate young men are thrown together as roommates at Harvard College: Henry White, a Polish-Jewish refugee who survived World War II by hiding in Poland; Archibald P. Palmer III, an Army brat; and Sam Standish, ostensibly the scion of a fine New England family who has just learned that he was adopted at birth by parents he cannot respect. Each seeks to come to terms with his identity or to remake it altogether. Henry’s task is especially daunting: He is determined to live as an American, free of the shackles of his hideous past. But reinvention is a bargain with the devil, and over the years each will find that it comes at a high cost, challenging one’s honor and loyalty to parents, friends, and ultimately oneself.