Under Fire
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Overview
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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- ISBN-13: 9780143039044
- ISBN-10: 0143039040
- Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
- Publish Date: August 2004
- Dimensions: 7.78 x 5.04 x 0.67 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.56 pounds
- Page Count: 318
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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