Dominique Lapierre's Books
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Norton Patch, March 4, 2013
...selection is “Freedom at Midnight: The Epic Drama of India's Struggle for Independence,” by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. The group is led by Jay Boucher. 3. Foster parenting seminar Lutheran Social Services of Brockton will be sharing...
Guardian.co.uk, February 2, 2013
...the larger world, was hardly associated with the quotidian. It was famous primarily for Mother Teresa, and through Dominique Lapierre's book, City of Joy (about a real-life-inspired Polish priest working in a slum), and the . For me, Calcutta's...
Brantford Expositor, January 23, 2013
...9-18 at the new Brantford Arts Block. The production by Sharyl Hudson is the first stage version of Dominique Lapierre's critically acclaimed novel. The movie adaptation starred Patrick Swayze as a young doctor working in the slums of India. Actors...
Los Angeles Times, December 6, 2012
...Several years ago, I read Nelson Mandela's inspiring autobiography, "Long Walk to Freedom," and Dominique Lapierre's beautiful ode to the birth of a post-apartheid South Africa, "A Rainbow in the Night." Recently, I finished Nobel laureate Nadine...
Expatica France, November 23, 2012
...the French resistance and how a German general disobeyed Hitler's order to destroy Paris (Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre). If you'll be enjoying an extended stay in France, consider reading Living Abroad in France (Terry Link). Gourmands...
Macleans Online, November 9, 2012
...It’s a story that’s been told many times before, perhaps most memorably by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre in their 1965 book Is Paris Burning? and then given star-laden treatment (Kirk Douglas, Orson Welles, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Alain...
Expatica France, November 6, 2012
...the French resistance and how a German general disobeyed Hitler's order to destroy Paris (Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre). If you'll be enjoying an extended stay in France, consider reading Living Abroad in France (Terry Link). Gourmands...
Calcutta Telegraph, January 10, 2013
...to India (EM Forster) to The Discovery of India (Jawaharlal Nehru) to Freedom At Midnight (Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre) and Ramachandra Guha?s India after Gandhi. I also read a lot about Bombay. I studied Hindi so that I could communicate with...
Foreign Policy Magazine, December 31, 2012
...about doing the right thing. And it's a classic. 11. Freedom at Midnight , by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre It wasn't until I read this book that I felt like I truly understood the turmoil we continue to see in South and Central Asia....
New Delhi Pioneer, December 29, 2012
...the Moslem letters demanded that he stop obstructing the creation of Pakistan”. The sentiment was further corroborated by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins in Freedom at Midnight. The two authors report that Delhi’s bazaar in those days wasn’t...
Kashmir Observer, December 24, 2012
...hosted there on special occasions. One of the dramatic things put forward by the two French authors, “Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins” in their book “Freedom at Midnight” was their conversation with Lord Mountbatten in 1980’s, “We...
The Hindu, December 12, 2012
...Yet, Mr. Veliath was just about the most pleasant man you'd meet. I could barely get through Dominique Lapierre's City of Joy without being stunned, going back to daily routine, and then beating myself up for going back to daily routine. How did people...
Los Angeles Times, December 6, 2012
...Several years ago, I read Nelson Mandela's inspiring autobiography, "Long Walk to Freedom," and Dominique Lapierre's beautiful ode to the birth of a post-apartheid South Africa, "A Rainbow in the Night." Recently, I finished Nobel laureate Nadine...
Punto! Central Luzon, December 3, 2012
...Philippines should grant immediate recognition of the Palestinian state. Of that period, here is what Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre wrote in their monumental book O Palestine: “During that crucial interlude (i.e. when the pro-partition votes...
