CONTENTS
I: One Century, One Life
A Man Standing Up
A Reader
The Museum of a Man
II: His Three Wars
The Identity of a Soldier
The Art of Reading a Military Report
Smile, Smile!
A Wandering Soldier
The Masks of Evil
Beyond Wars
History’s Final Word
The Words of an Unknown Woman
III: The Foreigner
At the Other People’s Party
Impure Luck
Double-Edged
A Sentinel with No Replacement
IV: The War of Words
A Character in Search of a Book
The Era of Suspicion
The True Sense of the Word “Gentleman”
Waiting for D-Day
This is How Books Live
Final Rounds
A Meteorite
V: His Own Sky
Under a Sign
The Words for Another Life
VI: Beyond Words
In the Name of a Soldier
A Burned Tree
A Message
Notes