Gertrude Stein, Bernard Faÿ, and the Vichy Dilemma
by
Barbara Will
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
In 1941, the Jewish American writer and avant-garde icon Gertrude Stein embarked on one of the strangest intellectual projects of her life: translating for an American audience the speeches of Marshal Philippe Pétain, head of state for the collaborationist Vichy government. From 1941 to 1943, Stein...