| A Son at the Front Contributor(s): Wharton, Edith (Author) |
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ISBN: 168422389X ISBN-13: 9781684223893 Publisher: Martino Fine Books OUR PRICE: $9.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - World War I - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | War & Military |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.77 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2019 Reprint of 1923 Edition. Largely criticized or ignored by a war-weary public when it was originally published in 1922, A Son at the Front is an extraordinarily poignant novel chronicling the effects of WWI on painter John Campton and his only child, George. 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. |