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"Restored to print for the first time in more than forty years, this masterpiece of psychological suspense tells the tale of Marcel Féron--a poor man who, against all odds, has made a 'normal' life in a bucolic French village in the Ardennes. But one spring day in 1940, the German army invades France, and he must abandon his home and confront the fate that he has secretly awaited. Separated from his pregnant wife and young daughter in the chaos of flight, he joins a freight car of refugees hurtling southward ahead of the pursuing Nazis. There, he meets Anna, a sad-looking, dark-haired girl,…

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9 editions · 4 languages
  • Paperback · English · 1991
    French & European Pubns · 9780785932482
  • Audiobook · English · 1984
    The Train
    Books on Tape, Inc. · 9780736605380
  • Audiobook · English · 1961
    The Train
    Books On Tape · 9785557020428
  • Audiobook · English
    Train
    Books On Tape · 9785553676605
  • Other · English · 2011
    The train
    Melville House · 153 pages · 9781935554462
  • Paperback · Spanish · 2002
    El Tren
    Tusquets Editor · 150 pages · 9788483108000
Jewish womenRefugeesWorld WarFictionFiction, romance, historicalWorld war, 1939-1945, fictionBelgium, fictionWorld War, 1939-1945