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Resistance | 
 enlarge | Author: Anita Shreve
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 96560
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 296
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0316166588
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316166584
ASIN: 0316166588
Publication Date: April 1, 2006
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The wife of a Resistance worker in Nazi-occupied Belgium falls in love with a wounded American pilot, forcing her to struggle with trust and betrayal. By the author of Strange Fits of Passion. Reprint. Tour. NYT. PW.
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 Resistance November 29, 1999
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
Resistance was the fourth of Anita Shreve's books that I've read. I've just finished it, and find myself haunted by both the characters and the setting. It is an incredibly tense story, and each turn of the page is exciting and dreadful, as the reader becomes more and more afraid for the characters. When I reached the end, I simply sat down and cried. This book brought home to me, more than anything else, how fortunate we all are to sleep peacefully in our beds at night, quietly and without fear. A wonderful book.
 It's sure not the Pilot's Wife but still a good, quick read. September 20, 1999
deborah skovron (pasadena, md. USA)
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
Great romance! I loved the way Ms. Shreve developed such a vision of emotional and physical attraction between two characters that didn't fluently speak each other's language. No need to speak, the attraction was passionately evident in the written word. No need for Ted or Claire to ever speak in "I love you" contexts. The characters were beautifully illustrated, their features clear, their affects imaginable. The book is a pleasing, quick read. I was satisfied with the conclusion, it brought a perfect sense of closure to the story. Guess I'm offering just a "3 star" because "The Pilot's Wife" was my first Anita Shreve read (definitely a 5 star) and because I had a tough time at the start of "Resistance" (well, maybe more than just the start) being able to quickly reference character names with their role in the story line. The pronunciation of the names made it difficult to quickly recall, without re-reading previous pages, who exactly this person was and what their character brought to the story. Sure, "Ted" or "Claire" were a sinch, but I truly floundered with the Belgians. (forgive my ethnocentricity). Definitely worth struggling through the Dinants, the Dauvins, the Daussois', the Omloops, and the Chabotauxs however. Don't let my handicap disuade you from reading the book!
Quick reading July 31, 2002
BeachReader (Delaware)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
"Resistance" was a most readable story that took place in a small window of time during World War II in Belgium. An American B-17 plane crash-lands and the crew is spirited off to nearby safe houses by members of the Belgian Resistance. The story focuses on Claire, a local woman in an unhappy marriage, and Ted Brice, the pilot.Shreve depicts the seemingly hopeless situation, tempered by hope, in the face of wartime hardships and the risks that the Resistance members took on a daily basis. I found the ending a bit contrived and rushed, with some questionable aspects. This is a story that encompasses only a little more than a month in the thousands of days of war, but it is a story of great emotional intensity. I cannot remember when I read a book this quickly.
One of Shreve's Best, But Michael Pietsch isn't co-author! December 28, 1999
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I'm a major Shreve fan, and her new Fortune's Rocks is, I think, her best. But Resistance is my next favorite. In this remarkable love story, Shreve captures the delicate balance between passion and loyalty that besets any romatnic triangle, but becomes so much more poignant set as it is in the world of anti-Nazi resistance, where both husband and lover are clearly good men. A beautiful book.
A love story in the midst of turmoil August 21, 2001
Marguerite P. Nico (Allen, Texas USA)
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
Anita Shreve is an artist who takes some time to develop her characters and it is evident in this book. Resistance is the story of Theodore (Ted) Brice, an American fighter pilot who is shot down over a village in Belgium. When the plane is found by the people of the village, they immediately spring into action to rescue the crew. By showing this, Shreve has cleverly created the background for the story. You are introduced to Claire, who is to become a pivotal player in the story. You are introduced to a young boy, Jean, who is responsible for finding and saving the pilot. I found myself questioning how a boy would be able to find the pilot and nobody in the village knew of it. I did like the fact that he was able to communicate with Ted and to reassure him, despite the language barrier. You could almost see that an affair was going to happen between Ted and Claire. Shreve's writing hinted at it when she introduced us to Claire and described (briefly) her marriage to Henri and how she was sure not to get pregnant during the war. That theory seemed to have disappeared by the time she started sleeping with Ted. I got a good feel for the way things were during the war--especially with the Reprisals for the deaths of the 3 soldiers, but I think I would have liked some more details on the happenings, such as a slight timeline or something. Overall, I think the book was well written and is worth recommending.
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