The Missing of the Somme
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781842124505 (1842124501)
ASIN: 1842124501
Publish date: 2001-07-19
Publisher: Phoenix
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Journalism,
War,
Military,
France
Let's just acknowledge a few things: 1. Dyer is not an in-depth critic with the ability to thoroughly plumb a concept. 2. Dyer is not a historian. 3. Dyer is always, no matter what, present in his texts, either as an explicit "I" narration forming it all or as an anecdotal presence. None of these th...
"Gradually I become aware that the air is alive with butterflies. The flowers are thick with the white blur of wings, the rust and black camouflage of Red Admirals, silent as ghosts. I remember the names of only a few butterflies but I know that the Greek word psyche means both ‘soul’ and ‘butterfly...