Under Fire, first published in French as Le Feu, was one of the first novels about WWI, appearing in December 1916, before the outcome of the war was clear. Set in early 1916, it follows a squad of French volunteer soldiers through the eyes of an unnamed foot soldier, who participates in and also observes the action. It combines soaring, poetic descriptions with the mundane, messy, human reality of soldiers living in their own excrement. Then slowly names and features are given to the men who emerge from the mud as the individual characters emerge, from the dignified leader Corporal Bertrand,...
Under Fire, first published in French as Le Feu, was one of the first novels about WWI, appearing in December 1916, before the outcome of the war was ...
Un homme de trente ans, blase par la vie, trouve un travail dans une banque a Paris. Il emmenage dans une pension de famille. Dans l'obscurite de sa chambre, il apercoit une fissure dans le mur ouvrant sur la chambre d'a cote. Il va alors se mettre a observer les divers occupants de celle-ci."
Un homme de trente ans, blase par la vie, trouve un travail dans une banque a Paris. Il emmenage dans une pension de famille. Dans l'obscurite de sa c...
