This book begins with poetry, starting with Poet of This War, then transitions into prose, starting with Aragon : Resistance Leader.

Poet of this war / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Malcolm Cowley --

From le creve-coeur : twenty years after /
[written by Louis Aragon], translated by Malcolm Cowley --

I wait for her letter at sunset / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Rolfe Humphries and Malcolm Cowley

the time of crossword puzzles / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Malcolm Cowley --

Little suite for loudspeaker I. / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Rolfe Humphries --

Little suite for loudspeaker II. / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Rolfe Humphries and Malcolm Cowley --

The waltz of the twenty-year olds / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Rolfe Humphries and Malcolm Cowley --

Santa Espina / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Kenneth Muir --

Spring / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Rolfe Humphries --

The interrupted poem / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Rolfe Humphries and Malcolm Cowley --

The lilacs and the roses / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Louis MacNeice --

Tapestry of the Great Fear / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Malcom Cowley --

Richard II forty / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Rolfe Humphries and Malcolm Cowley --

The unoccupied zone / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Louis MacNeice --

Elsa, I love you / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Rolfe Humphries and Malcolm Cowley --

From les yeux d'elsa : Nights -- Night in may -- Night at Dunkerque -- Night of Exile / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Rolfe Humphries and Malcolm Cowley --

Devilish weather / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Rolfe Humphries --

Tears are alike / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Rolfe Humphries and Malcolm Cowley --

C / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by William Jay Smith --

Richard coeur-de-lion / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Louis MacNeice --

More beautiful than tears / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by John Hayward --

From les musee grevin: I salute you, my France / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Grace Wallace --

From la diane francaise : Elsa at the mirror / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by George Dillon --

Ballad of the one who sang at the stake / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Rolfe Humphries --

Christmas Rose / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Helen Burlin and Malcolm Cowley --

Paris / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Stephen Spender --

Aragon : resistance leader / by Peter C. Rhodes --

Aragon between wars / by Waldo Frank --

Saint-Pol Roux, or hope / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Helen Burlin --

The good neighbors / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Eugene J. Sheffer --

The Martyrs / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Malcolm Cowley --

Introduction to 33 sonnets / [written by Jean Cassou], translated by Hannah Josephson and Matthew Josephson --

An appeal to French intellectuals / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Hannah Josephson --

Free! / [written by Louis Aragon], translated by Hannah Josephson.

"A collection of essays by friends of Louis Aragon in homage to the poet and the fighter, whose achievements in a period of terror and catastrophe may well give heart to men and women of good will everywhere. The selections have been made with a view of giving an example of every type of writing Aragon produced during World War II." -- online

"Louis Aragon was to France such as Tom Paine was to America during the Revolution. Poet and novelist, he emerged as one of the great leaders of the French underground during the German occupation. Here is the record of what he did during those years, and what he wrote--his poems that traveled secretly to every corner of France, his stories that became legends through his conquered nation." -- online

Translated from French into English.