Seasons of the Moon, Julien Aranda
Seasons of the Moon, Julien Aranda
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Seasons of the Moon

Author: Julien Aranda, Roland Glasser

Narrator: David de Vries

Unabridged: 6 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/26/2017

Synopsis

At the close of World War II, a chance encounter sets the course for one man’s destiny…During the Nazi occupation, fifteen-year-old Paul Vertune, the sensitive son of wheat farmers, prefers gazing at the ocean and contemplating life’s mysteries over toiling in the fields of the Brittany coast. One fateful day, Paul’s life is spared by a compassionate German soldier with eyes as blue as the sea. When Paul’s village is liberated, an angry mob turns against their occupiers. The German soldier, near death, asks Paul to promise him one thing: find his daughter and tell her that her father loved her.As Paul becomes a man, he fulfills his childhood dream of sailing the world, even as twists of fate steer his life in unexpected directions. But through it all, Paul never forgets his promise.Beautifully moving and deeply profound, Seasons of the Moon evokes a sense of wonder at the mystery of human connection and the powerful ripple effects of kindness.

About Julien Aranda

Julien Aranda was born in Bordeaux in 1982. He grew up in southwest France, daydreamed while contemplating the Atlantic Ocean, and read a lot. Nourished by his trips to Latin America, Asia, and the Canary Islands, Le sourire du clair de lune (Seasons of the Moon) is his first novel. He has recently completed his second novel, La simplicité des nuages. Follow him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/julien.aranda.Roland Glasser translates literary and genre fiction, as well as art, travel, and assorted nonfiction, from French. His translation of Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s Tram 83 won the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2016 and was long-listed for the Man Booker International Prize and the Best Translated Book Award. He has translated a wide variety of authors, including Anne Cuneo, Martin Page, Marc Pouyet, Ludovic Flamant, Robert Morcet, and Clémentine Beauvais. Roland has contributed articles and essays to the White Review, Asymptote, Lit Hub, Chimurenga, In Other Words, Fitzrovia, and Bloomsbury. He has also worked extensively in the performing arts, chiefly as a lighting designer. Having lived in Paris for many years, he is currently based in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cold War Conversations Podcast on November 28, 2017

Beautifully written Although listed as historical fiction this is more a reflection on life, circumstance and being true to yourself. The story centres on farmers boy Paul, who aged 15 is saved by a Nazi soldier from being killed. Paul now finds this same soldier captured, and with his last gasps as......more

Goodreads review by Lu on August 11, 2017

Sencilla y profunda historia que nos permite acompañar la vida de unos personajes maravillosos, que pese a sus heridas y pérdidas, decidieron elegir en esta paradoja que es la vida, ser seres de luz...no dejarse llevar por la oscuridad. Ha sido para mí un agasajo leer esta historia, al final, ha sido......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on October 03, 2018

I was pretty excited to start this book. Some parts of it just sounded too good to miss. I'm here for a character that loves the moon and the ocean because, same. And the adventures Paul experiences could have been very interesting. But I could not get over the tone of the narration. And this may ju......more

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