France, 1943. Alsace, a French region annexed by Nazi Germany, forced its young men to fight for the enemy. Nesti is one of them. He comes back from the war with half his face torn away. A novel by Jean-Pierre Gonzales, inspired by a true story. Enriched with historical photographs. Instant PDF download.
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On December 2nd, 1943, an explosive bullet tears away half of Nesti's face. He is 17 years old. A French citizen from Alsace, a region illegally annexed by Nazi Germany in 1940. Like 130,000 other young men from Alsace and Moselle, he was given no choice : fight for the enemy, or expose your family to deportation. Neither traitor nor volunteer, simply a man trapped between two nations at war.
What follows is a long journey through European hospitals, from Smolensk to the Baltic coast, and finally to Paris. Years of suffering, twelve surgeries without anesthesia, and the daily ordeal of other people's stares. And one question that never leaves him : can a disfigured man still hope to be loved ?
Beyond the Mirror is not just a historical account. It is the story of a man who, despite everything the war stole from him, found his way back to dignity and to love. A young woman of 21 falls for him, just as he is. Will she give him back the hope of a full life ?
This digital edition includes historical photographs that bring Nesti's world to life and place his story within the broader context of World War II. A documentary dimension that makes this fictionalized testimony even more powerful.
Format : PDF — Author : Jean-Pierre Gonzales — Instant download
