The Long Holiday

The Long Holiday (1946; French: Les grandes vacances) is a French novel by Francis Ambrière that chronicles the lives of French prisoners of war between 1940 and 1945.[1] It was first published in 1946 and in that year was also awarded the 1940 Prix Goncourt, which previously had been missed because of the German invasion of France.[2] The novel was translated in 1948 by Elaine P. Halperin as The Long Holiday. It was reissued in a definitive version in 1956 entitled Les Grandes Vacances, 1939-1945.

"Les grandes vacances" redirects here. For the unrelated 1967 film, see Les grandes vacances (film).
Not to be confused with The Long Long Holiday, a French children's animated TV series.
First English-language edition
(publ. Ziff Davis)

References
  1. Staff writer (February 2, 1948). "Hope & Oblivion". Time. Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  2. Gisèle Sapiro (23 April 2014). The French Writers' War, 1940-1953. Duke University Press. p. 540. ISBN 978-0-8223-9512-6.


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