In the sequel to the highly acclaimed Few Returned, Eugenio Corti, one of Italy s most distinguished postwar writers, continues his poignant account of his experiences as an Italian soldier in the Second World War. In the earlier book, Corti, a twenty-one-year-old lieutenant of artillery, recounts the horrifying experience of the soldiers who were sent to Russia to fight alongside their German ally. On the River Don, the Red Army surrounded Corti and the other members of the Italian force. Of the 30,000 men in the Thirty-fifth Corps, Corti was one of only an estimated 4,000...
In the sequel to the highly acclaimed Few Returned, Eugenio Corti, one of Italy s most distinguished postwar writers, continues his poig...