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The gendarme by Mustian, Mark T. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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EDITORIAL REVIEW:**What would you do if the love of your life, and all your memories, were lost- only to reappear, but with such shocking revelations that you wish you had never remembered... **Emmett Conn is an old man, near the end of his life. A World War I veteran, he's been affected by memory loss since being injured during the war. To those around him, he's simply a confused man, fading in and out of senility. But what they don't know is that Emmett has been beset by memories, of events he and others have denied or purposely forgotten.In Emmett's dreams he's a gendarme, escorting Armenians from Turkey. A young woman among them, Araxie, captivates and enthralls him. But then the trek ends, the war separates them. He is injured. Seven decades later, as his grasp on the boundaries between past and present begins to break down, Emmett sets out on a final journey, to find Araxie and beg her forgiveness.Mark Mustian has written a remarkable novel about the power of memory-and the ability of people, individually and collectively, to forget. Depicting how love can transcend nationalities, politics, and religion, how racism creates divisions where none truly exist, and how the human s
Who reads The gendarme?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Mustian, Mark T.
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780399156342
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.71 / 5 (1,528 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14