Civilization, 1914-1917 (Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Series)
Автор:Georges Duhamel Год: 2009 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 312 ISBN: 1570038384 Civilization, 1914?1917 is a largely autobiographical narrative of the Great War written by a remarkable observer?a French physician, poet, and novelist who treated the wounded and performed some two thousand operations in mobile hospital units during the war. First published in 1918 and translated into English the following year, the book was awarded the Prix Goncourt and a special award of the Academie Francaise. Out of print for ninety years, Georges Duhamel?s account is available once more in this Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Series edition featuring a new introduction by Catharine Savage Brosman, which offers a biographical sketch of Duhamel and places his work within the context of French narratives of World War I.Duhamel?s book comprises sixteen vignettes in which character rather than plot remains the constant focus. Each tale is presented in the first person but with varying narrators. The settings are often field medical units just miles away from the bombardments. Here the...
