Fiction. Translated from the French by Robert Baldrick. "Every simile is flawlessly keyed....the book sweeps away life's illusions..."--The New Republic.
Fiction. Translated from the French by Robert Baldrick. "Every simile is flawlessly keyed....the book sweeps away life's illusions..."--The New Republ...
This is a searing, unflinchingly realist novel about life at war, written during the First World War. 'Men are made to be husbands, fathers - men, in short! Not animals that hunt one another down.' Under Fire follows the fortune of a French battalion during the First World War. For this group of ordinary men, thrown together from all over France and longing for home, war is simply a matter of survival, and the arrival of their rations, a glimpse of a pretty girl or a brief reprieve in hospital is all they can hope for. Based directly on Henri Barbusse's experiences of the trenches, Under Fire...
This is a searing, unflinchingly realist novel about life at war, written during the First World War. 'Men are made to be husbands, fathers - men, in ...
