The definitive novel on the horrors of war and the physical and psychological trauma that it can cause. The book focuses on one soldier and his experiences. The horrors of battle are vivid and because it is WWI, probably the most inhuman of all wars, the scenes are vividly hellish. As well as bat...
While attending high school, there were a lot of books that I was exposed to that were of vastly varying quality. There was the boring but harmless (The Grapes of Wrath, virtually every short story ever written), there were the works of obvious and stunning quality (Of Mice and Men, To Kill A Mocki...
Mais chaque souffle met son cœur à nu. Ce mourant a les heures pour lui, il dispose d'un couteau invisible, avec lequel il me transperce : le temps et mes pensées.
WHY I NEED TO RE-READ THIS: Read it in high school and I know I loved it then, but I can't remember much about it except it was a portrait of the horror of WWI from the perspective of a young German soldier.
Hey guys, know what was a downer? World War I, that's what. This book is miserable. It's one of the rare books - I should make a shelf for this - where sometimes I'd read for a while and then realize I was in a totally shitty mood because it had depressed the crap out of me. So that's a bummer of a ...
This book was about WWI. It was from the perspective of a German soldier who was commandeered numerous times throughout the space of three years.He was on the front line many times and befriended many of the men he was stationed with. In the end, he was the last one living.He lost many friends, comp...
I had to read this for school when I was about 14. I don't remember a lot about it, but I do remember that it was the first eye-opener of my life about what "war" really means.I should read it again now that I'm a grown-up. (Or at least pretending to be one.) :D
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