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Behind the Glass. A Window to Paris, 1968

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In "Behind the Glass," Robert Merle captures a single day—the day that would become the starting point of the revolutionary explosion of May 1968 in France. Against the backdrop of the gray concrete corridors of the University of Nanterre, 150 students seize the administrative tower—not just a building, but a symbol of oppressive power: bureaucracy, academic hierarchy, a repressive state. As if under a magnifying glass, Merle examines youth at the moment of awakening—their fears, desires, and conflicts. The reader encounters a wide range of characters: the Algerian worker Abdelaziz, professors with differing views on the events, students caught up in political passion or detached from it. Among them are both fictional and real figures, including the iconic leader of the protests, Daniel Cohn-Bendit. "Behind the Glass" is not only a chronicle of the uprising but also a profound cross-section of the era, exploring themes of identity, sexuality, the struggle for autonomy, and truth. This is a novel about the tense anticipation of change, about people who do not yet realize that they are standing on the threshold of history.
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