Death of a Hero
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Penguin Books UK
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
26.02.2013
Verlag
Penguin Books UKSeitenzahl
370
Maße (L/B/H)
19.7/12.9/2.1 cm
Gewicht
391 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-14-310687-6
One of the great World War I antiwar novels - honest, chilling, and brilliantly satirical
Based on the author's experiences on the Western Front, Richard Aldington's first novel, Death of a Hero, finally joins the ranks of Penguin Classics. Our hero is George Winterbourne, who enlists in the British Expeditionary Army during the Great War and gets sent to France. After a rash of casualties leads to his promotion through the ranks, he grows increasingly cynical about the war and disillusioned by the hypocrisies of British society. Aldington's writing about Britain's ignorance of the tribulations of its soldiers is among the most biting ever published. Death of a Hero vividly evokes the morally degrading nature of combat as it rushes toward its astounding finish.
About the author:
Richard Aldington (1892-1962) was known as a translator, critic, biographer, and poet of distinction. He joined the British Army in 1916 and was wounded in 1918.
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