A Broken World
Letters, Diaries and Memories of the Great War
Nonfiction, History, Military, World War I, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781473522527 | |
| Publisher: | Random House | Publication: | November 5, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Vintage Digital | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781473522527 |
| Publisher: | Random House |
| Publication: | November 5, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Vintage Digital |
| Language: | English |
EDITED BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BIRDSONG
‘The First World War anthology for our time’ Evening Standard
2018 marks the centenary of the end of World War One. As we look back over a century later, A Broken World, edited by Sebastian Faulks and Dr Hope Wolf, offers an unprecedented insight into the Great War as it was experienced and remembered.
A lieutenant writes of digging through bodies that have the consistency of Camembert cheese; a mother sends flower seeds to her son at the Front, hoping that one day someone may see them grow; a nurse tends a man back to health knowing he will be court-martialled and shot as soon as he is fit. A Broken World is a selection of diaries, letters and memories – many of which have never been published - from ordinary people to names that have become synonymous with the war, such as Siegfried Sassoon and T.E. Lawrence. Powerful and unforgettable, this is an original and illuminating anthology of writing on the Great War.
‘The selections have extraordinary literary power…they speak with distinctive voices, which echo in the mind.’ Daily Telegraph
EDITED BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BIRDSONG
‘The First World War anthology for our time’ Evening Standard
2018 marks the centenary of the end of World War One. As we look back over a century later, A Broken World, edited by Sebastian Faulks and Dr Hope Wolf, offers an unprecedented insight into the Great War as it was experienced and remembered.
A lieutenant writes of digging through bodies that have the consistency of Camembert cheese; a mother sends flower seeds to her son at the Front, hoping that one day someone may see them grow; a nurse tends a man back to health knowing he will be court-martialled and shot as soon as he is fit. A Broken World is a selection of diaries, letters and memories – many of which have never been published - from ordinary people to names that have become synonymous with the war, such as Siegfried Sassoon and T.E. Lawrence. Powerful and unforgettable, this is an original and illuminating anthology of writing on the Great War.
‘The selections have extraordinary literary power…they speak with distinctive voices, which echo in the mind.’ Daily Telegraph
