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03626aam a2200541Ii 4500 001 81C56A921FB111EEBAEC81A559ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230711010159 008 230612s2023 nyu e 000 1 eng d 010 $a bl2023021323 020 $a 0063227312 020 $a 9780063227316 035 $a (OCoLC)1381872582 040 $a IMmBT $b eng $c CO2 $e rda $d CO2 $d IK2 $d RNL $d JIM $d SILO 043 $a e-fr--- 050 14 $a PS3611.I4457 $b G53 2023 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20230606 100 1 $a Kiernan, Stephen P., $e author. 245 14 $a The glass chaÌteau : $b a novel / $c Stephen P. Kiernan. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, $c [2023] 300 $a 374 pages ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a One month after the end of WWII, Asher, a former assassin in the Resistance burdened by grief and guilt, arrives at le ChaÌteau Guerin, where he discovers the redemptive power of art as he helps create glass windows for the bombed cathedrals of France. 520 $a One month after the end of World War II, amid the jubilation in the streets of France, there are throngs of people stunned by the recovery work ahead. Every bridge, road, and rail line, every church and school and hospital, has been destroyed. Disparate factions--from Communists, to Resistance fighters, to federalists, to those who supported appeasement of the Nazis--must somehow unite and rebuild their devastated country. Asher lost his family during the war, and in revenge served as an assassin in the Resistance. Burdened by grief and guilt, he wanders through the blasted countryside, stunned by what has become of his life. When he arrives at le Chateau Guerin, all he seeks is a decent meal. Instead he finds a sanctuary, an oasis despite being filled with people every bit as damaged as him. But they are calming themselves, and recovering inch by inch, by turning sand into glass, and glass into windows for the bombed cathedrals of France. It's a volatile place, and these former warriors manage their trauma in different ways. But they are helped by women of courage and affection. Asher turns out to have a gift for making windows, and decides to hide the fact that he is Jewish so the devout Catholics who own the chateau will not expel him. As the secrets of the chateau's residents become known one by one, they experience more heated conflict and greater challenges. And as Asher kindles his talents for glasswork, his recovery will lead the way for them all. 650 0 $a Glass manufacture $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Cathedrals $z France $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Buildings $x Repair and reconstruction $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z France $v Fiction. 651 0 $a France $x History $y German occupation, 1940-1945 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Underground movements $z France $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 941 $a 13 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409044555.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20231206014711.0 952 $l YMPD532 $d 20231121012620.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20231025014916.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20230902011649.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230902011042.0 952 $l CIPB482 $d 20230822010219.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230808011342.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20230805010214.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230802012853.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230802012343.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230802012035.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20230711054239.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=81C56A921FB111EEBAEC81A559ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search