IN MEMORIAM - by Alice Winn
Schedule
Tue Oct 15 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Center on Halsted | Chicago, IL
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A HAUNTING LOVE STORY OF ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฆ DURING ๐ช๐ช๐, THE ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฆ & REALITY OF LIVING WITH THE TRAUMA OF WAR.
- - - - - Bay Area Reporter - - - - -
โ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ & ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐ฎ-๐ข๐๐ฃ-๐๐ฃ-๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐จ & ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.โ
SUMMARY: It's 1914 & ๐ช๐ช๐ is ceaselessly churning thru thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the front feels far away to Gaunt, Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in their ๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น in the English countryside. They receive weekly dispatches from their school newspaper, informing them of older classmates killed or wounded. Their heroic deaths only make the war more exciting.
Gaunt, half-German, is busy fighting his own private battle - an ๐ฎ๐น๐น-๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป with his best friend, the glamorous, rich, charming Ellwood - without a clue that Ellwood is pining for him in return. Gaunt's family asks him to ๐ฒ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ in the British army to protect the family from the ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ-๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ they're already facing. Gaunt signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings for Ellwood.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ is horrific & Gaunt tries to dissuade Ellwood from joining him on the battlefield. To Gaunt's horror, Ellwood soon ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐บ, fueled by his education in Greek heroics & romantic wartime poetry. Before long most of their classmates have followed suit. But once in the trenches, the boys become intimately acquainted with the ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ. Death surrounds them in all its grim reality, often inches away.
Gaunt & Ellwood find ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, but their friends are all dying, often in front of them & no one knows when they'll be next. An epic tale of both the devastating tragedies of war & the ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ that blooms in its grip, In Memoriam is a breathtaking debut.
- - - - - The New York Times - - - - -
"๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐.โ
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