Word: romain
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...tried to commit suicide. His parents responded by sending him first to a faith healer, then to a school for the mentally retarded. In 1911, he visited India on a spiritual quest. World War I was a "gut, emotional, experience" for Hesse; renouncing German authoritarianism, he joined the pacifist Romain Rolland in writing antiwar tracts, and as a result fell into political, social and literary disfavor...
...DANCE OF GENGHIS COHN, by Romain Gary. The classic Jewish gambit-finding macabre humor in extreme tribulation-is used with uncommon originality in this allegorical novel of genocide and national guilt...
...DANCE OF GENGHIS COHN, by Romain Gary. The classic Jewish gambit-finding macabre humor in extreme tribulation-is used with uncommon originality in this allegorical novel of genocide and national guilt...
...DANCE OF GENGHIS COHN by Romain Gary. 244 pages. World...
...Born Romain de Tirtoff in St. Petersburg, Erté, an admiral's son, adopted a nom de palette based on his initials shortly after he arrived in Paris in 1912. Now a dapper 74, he is still going strong at his studio, turning out costumes and sets for avant-garde operas. He has also designed a ballet to be shown on CBS-TV this Christmas, and contributed seven huge floats to Flying Colors, a musical spectacular starring Maurice Chevalier that will open next week at Expo 67. Still addicted to the ornate fantasies...