{"product_id":"an-honorable-exit-hardcover","title":"An Honorable Exit - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eÉric Vuillard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Polizzotti\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Order of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e, a piercing account of the lesser-known conflict preceding the Vietnam War that dealt a fatal blow to French colonialism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow can a modern army lose to an army of peasants? \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDelving into the last gasps of the First Indochina War (1946-1954), which saw the communist Việt Minh take control of North Vietnam, Éric Vuillard vividly illustrates the attitudes that both enabled French colonialist abuses and ultimately led to their defeat and withdrawal. From the Michelin rubber plantation, where horrific working conditions sparked an epidemic of suicides, to the battlefield, a sense of superiority over the \"yellow men\" pervaded European and American forces. And, as with so many conflicts throughout history, there were key actors with a motivation deeper than nationalism or political ideology--greed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e An Honorable Exit \u003c\/i\u003enot only brings to life scenes from the war, but also looks beyond the visceral reality on the ground to the colder calculations of those who seek to benefit from conflict, whether shrewd bankers, who can turn a military win or loss into financial gain, or intelligence operatives like the CIA, who aim to influence governments across the globe.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉric Vuillard\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author and filmmaker who has written eleven books, including \u003ci\u003eConquistadors\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2010 Prix Ignatius J. Reilly), and \u003ci\u003eLa bataille d'Occident\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCongo\u003c\/i\u003e (both of which received the 2012 Prix Franz-Hessel and the 2013 Prix Valery-Larbaud). He won the 2017 Goncourt Prize, France's most prestigious literary prize, for \u003ci\u003eThe Order of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2018) and was a finalist for the International Booker Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe War of the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2020). Born in Lyon in 1968, he now lives in Rennes, France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Polizzotti\u003c\/b\u003e has translated more than fifty books from the French, including works by Gustave Flaubert, Patrick Modiano, Marguerite Duras, André Breton, and Raymond Roussel. His translation of \u003ci\u003eKibogo\u003c\/i\u003e by Scholastique Mukasonga was short-listed for the National Book Award in 2022, and his translation of Éric Vuillard's \u003ci\u003eThe War of the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the International Booker Prize in 2021. A Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the recipient of a 2016 American Academy of Arts \u0026amp; Letters Award for Literature, Polizzotti is the author of eleven books, including \u003ci\u003eRevolution of the Mind: The Life of André Breton\u003c\/i\u003e (1995; rev. ed. 2009), which was a finalist for the PEN\/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction; \u003ci\u003eLuis Buñuel's Los Olvidados\u003c\/i\u003e (2006); \u003ci\u003eBob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e (2006); and \u003ci\u003eSympathy for the Traitor: A Translation Manifesto \u003c\/i\u003e(2018).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732103827519,"sku":"9781635423525","price":28.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/71b9943db32807bccc0567f5154679b6.webp?v=1765131309","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/an-honorable-exit-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}