Yankee

Author: Guisbell
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: The Americans was selected as the French literary work for the 2004 edition of the "Best Foreign Novel of the 21st Century" award. The father of the protagonist in The Americans was an American soldier during World War II, who arrived in France after the D-Day landing. The protagonist has hated his father since childhood because the father always beat him and his mother without reason. Later, the son came to understand that his father had suffered severe psychological trauma during the war, which led to his irritable temper. In the end, the son understood his father, but it was too late—his father had already passed away. The inner monologue of the son moves readers to tears and heartache.