The Opposing Shore (French: Le Rivage des Syrtes) is a 1951 novel by the French writer Julien Gracq. The story is set at the border between two fictional...
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Julien Gracq (section The Opposing Shore)
prizes in the review Empédocle titled La Littérature à l'estomac. When he won the Prix Goncourt for The Opposing Shore (Le Rivage des Syrtes) the following...
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Bream Head (category Headlands of the Northland Region)
inlet extending to the northwest. The Marsden Point Oil Refinery is located on the opposing shore of the harbour five kilometres to the west. To Bream Head's...
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Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, television personality, and the chart-topping...
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The poem influenced literary works such as The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati (1940), The Opposing Shore (1951) by Julien Gracq, and Waiting for the Barbarians...
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Cape Campbell (category Headlands of the Marlborough District)
head (it is the western shore of the opening to Tory Channel - the opposing shore being on Arapaoa Island), and Cape Jackson (between the entrances to...
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Lysander (category Spartans of the Peloponnesian War)
while the Athenians took up a position at Aegospotami in the opposing shore of the straits. For several days Lysander refused battle, studying the opponent's...
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state in the same world, with a different language and culture Novarian series by L. Sprague de Camp: Orsenna (fictional city in The Opposing Shore by Julien...
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Constantine P. Cavafy (category Egyptian emigrants to the United Kingdom)
literary works such as The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati (1940), The Opposing Shore (1951) by Julien Gracq, and Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) by J...
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Shore was appointed as spokesman on Europe, taking the lead in opposing Edward Heath's application to join the European Economic Community. Shore had...
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Syrtes (The Opposing Shore) André Malraux – La Condition Humaine (Man's Fate), L'Espoir (Man's Hope) Albert Camus – L'Étranger (The Stranger or The Outsider)...
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brilliant The Opposing Shore (1951) which won the Prix Goncourt and takes place in the fictional country of Orsenna. Between the wars, the fantastique catered...
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Queen Elizabeth Way (redirect from The QEW)
Falls Highway) along the bottom of the Niagara Escarpment. This route was intended to connect with the Middle Road on the opposing shore of Lake Ontario....
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Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive (category Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War)
dominating the Viborg Bay and perform an amphibious landing on the opposing shore. Though the landings on the islands were ultimately successful, the attempted...
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wedges used opposing each other to tighten it. Pad pieces are used to spread the load on weak structures. Shoring is a term used in the process of air...
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École normale supérieure (Paris) (redirect from The École normale supérieure)
novel The Opposing Shore is now considered a classic. Poet Paul Celan and Nobel Prize in Literature winner Samuel Beckett were both teachers at the school...
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Adhamiyah (category Burial sites of the House of Hashim)
coming from the opposing shore of Kadhimiyah, began jumping from the bridge in an attempt to escape the crush, only to face drowning in the Tigris below...
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The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 were a series of shark attacks along the coast of New Jersey, in the United States, between July 1 and 12, 1916...
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Gracq's stylistics and poetics, in particular on the role of names and analogy in The Opposing Shore, as well as books on Robert Desnos and André Breton...
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Richard Howard (category Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters)
Giraudoux The Traitor by André Gorz The Opposing Shore by Julien Gracq and other works, such as Balcony in the Forest Nedjma by Kateb Yacine The Rock Garden...
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reviewed the book in Los Angeles Times in 2006 and wrote about Gracq: "He is singular in his literary accomplishments. His novels The Opposing Shore, A Dark...
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Landing Craft Assault (category Ships of the Royal Navy)
lost among the lights on the opposing shore. The task of 13th Corps was to cross the Straits and land in two small bays north of Reggio. The 1st Canadian...
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All Star Shore is an American reality competition television series that premiered on June 29, 2022. It is a successor to Jersey Shore that features television...
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Al-Aimmah Bridge (category Bridges over the Tigris River)
coming from the opposing shore of Kadhimiyah, began jumping from the bridge in an attempt to escape the crush, only to face drowning in the Tigris below...
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sailed to the opposing shore on top of the stone. There are several accounts on Prättäkitti's death and burial. A recurring theme is that the coffin was...
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widening out between the level expanse of the Carse of Gowrie, thickly sprinkled with farms and mansions, and the opposing shores of Fife, onward to where...
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its main and auxiliary engines are shut down. While the term denotes shore as opposed to off-shore, it is sometimes applied to aircraft or land-based vehicles...
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The North Shore Line is a railway line serving the North Shore in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The North Shore Line extends from Sydney Central...
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Benny (slang) (redirect from Benny (Jersey Shore insult))
residents of the Jersey Shore to describe stereotypically rude, flashy, loud tourists from North Jersey and New York. The origin of the term is disputed...
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in the early stages of oxbow lake formation. Finally, if a river barrier is the cause of speciation, sister species should exist on opposing shores more...
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