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- catalog abstract ""In Romain Gary: The Man Who Sold His Shadow, Ralph Schoolcraft explores the extraordinary career of the modern French author, film director, and diplomat - a romantic and tragic figure whose fictions extended well beyond his books. Born Roman Kacew, he overcame an impoverished boyhood to become a French Resistance hero and win the coveted Goncourt Prize under the pseudonym - and largely invented persona - Romain Gary. Although he published such acclaimed works as The Roots of Heaven and Promise at Dawn, the Gaullist traditions that he defended in the world of French letters fell from favor, and his critical fortunes suffered at the hands of a hostile press. Schoolcraft details Gary's frustrated struggle to evolve as a writer in the eye of a public that now considered him a known quantity. Identifying the daring strategies used by this mysterious character as he undertook an elaborate scheme to reach a new readership, Schoolcraft offers new insight into the dynamics of authorship and fame within the French literary institutions."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b12477051.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""In Romain Gary: The Man Who Sold His Shadow, Ralph Schoolcraft explores the extraordinary career of the modern French author, film director, and diplomat - a romantic and tragic figure whose fictions extended well beyond his books. Born Roman Kacew, he overcame an impoverished boyhood to become a French Resistance hero and win the coveted Goncourt Prize under the pseudonym - and largely invented persona - Romain Gary. Although he published such acclaimed works as The Roots of Heaven and Promise at Dawn, the Gaullist traditions that he defended in the world of French letters fell from favor, and his critical fortunes suffered at the hands of a hostile press.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-203) and index.".
- catalog description "Machine generated contents note: 1. The Invention of Romain Gary, 1935-1952 22 -- 2. The Consecration of Romain Gary, 1952-1961 41 -- 3. Strategies of Mobile Identity, 1961-1973 69 -- 4. The Invention of Emile Ajar, 1974-1975 95 -- 5. The Consecration of Emile Ajar, 1975-1980 118 -- Conclusion 144.".
- catalog description "Schoolcraft details Gary's frustrated struggle to evolve as a writer in the eye of a public that now considered him a known quantity. Identifying the daring strategies used by this mysterious character as he undertook an elaborate scheme to reach a new readership, Schoolcraft offers new insight into the dynamics of authorship and fame within the French literary institutions."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xii, 214 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0812236467 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Critical authors & issues".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog subject "843/.912 B 21".
- catalog subject "Authors, French 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Gary, Romain Anonyms and pseudonyms.".
- catalog subject "Gary, Romain.".
- catalog subject "PQ2613.A58 Z875 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Machine generated contents note: 1. The Invention of Romain Gary, 1935-1952 22 -- 2. The Consecration of Romain Gary, 1952-1961 41 -- 3. Strategies of Mobile Identity, 1961-1973 69 -- 4. The Invention of Emile Ajar, 1974-1975 95 -- 5. The Consecration of Emile Ajar, 1975-1980 118 -- Conclusion 144.".
- catalog title "Romain Gary : the man who sold his shadow / Ralph Schoolcraft.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".