| Under Fire Contributor(s): Barbusse, Henri (Author), Buss, Robin (Translator), Winter, J. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143039040 ISBN-13: 9780143039044 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: Based on his own experience of the Great War, Henri Barbusses novel is a powerful account of one of the greatest horrors mankind has inflicted on itself. For the group of ordinary men in the French Sixth Battalion, thrown together from all over France and longing for home, war is simply a matter of survival, lightened only by the arrival of their rations or a glimpse of a pretty girl or a brief reprieve in the hospital. Reminiscent of classics like Hemingways "A Farewell to Arms" and Remarques "All Quiet on the Western Front," "Under Fire" (originally published in French as "La Feu") vividly evokes life in the trenchesthe mud, stench, and monotony of waiting while constantly fearing for ones life in an infernal and seemingly eternal battlefield. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | War & Military |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004044567 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.04" W x 7.78" (0.56 lbs) 318 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Based on his own experience of the Great War, Henri Barbusse's novel is a powerful account of one of the greatest horrors mankind has inflicted on itself. For the group of ordinary men in the French Sixth Battalion, thrown together from all over France and longing for home, war is simply a matter of survival, lightened only by the arrival of their rations or a glimpse of a pretty girl or a brief reprieve in the hospital. Reminiscent of classics like Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms and Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, Under Fire (originally published in French as La Feu) vividly evokes life in the trenches: the mud, stench, and monotony of waiting while constantly fearing for one's life in an infernal and seemingly eternal battlefield. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |