| A Son at the Front Contributor(s): Wharton, Edith (Author) |
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ISBN: 087580568X ISBN-13: 9780875805689 Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $26.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - World War I - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95017536 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.06" W x 8.99" (0.93 lbs) 239 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wharton's antiwar masterpiece, now once again available, probes the devastation of World War I on the home front. Interweaving her own experiences of the Great War with themes of parental and filial love, art and self-sacrifice, national loyalties and class privilege, Wharton tells an intimate and captivating story of war behind the lines. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wharton, Edith: - Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. She is the author of such classics in American literature as The House of Mirth, The Custom of the Country, The Age of Innocence, and Ethan Frome. |