The New MenHouse of Stratus, 23 sept. 2008 - 290 pages It is the onset of World War II in the fifth in the Strangers and Brothers series. A group of Cambridge scientists are working on atomic fission. But there are consequences for the men who are affected by it. Hiroshima also causes mixed personal reactions. |
Table des matières
Argument with a Brother | 3 |
4 | 20 |
5 | 26 |
Morning Before the Office | 33 |
7 | 42 |
Gambling by a Cautious | 49 |
9 | 55 |
Two Kinds of Danger | 65 |
What Do You Expect from Him Now? | 181 |
Hushed Voices Under the Beams | 188 |
A Joyous Moment in the Fog | 195 |
Situation Designed for a Clear Head | 199 |
Distress Out of Proportion | 206 |
Wife and Husband | 209 |
Warm to the Touch | 216 |
The Brilliance of Suspicion | 223 |
Beside the Smooth Water | 74 |
Points on a Graph | 88 |
Quarrel at First Light | 98 |
Request for an Official Opinion | 109 |
The Taste of Triumph | 120 |
Beam of Light over the Snow | 126 |
Swearing in a Hospital Ward | 133 |
Events Too Big for Men | 143 |
What Is Important? | 150 |
Need for a Brother | 165 |
Part Four A RESULT IN PRIVATE | 173 |
An Uneffaceable Afternoon | 175 |
A Cartoonlike Resemblance | 228 |
The Lonely Men | 232 |
Words in the Open | 240 |
Part Five TWO BROTHERS | 249 |
Technique Behind a High Reward | 251 |
Visit to a Prisoner | 256 |
Lights Twinkling in the Cold | 260 |
A Place to Stand? | 268 |
A New Empire | 274 |
Two Brothers | 278 |
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