| Author: | Henri Barbusse | ISBN: | 9781775415589 |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press | Publication: | June 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The Floating Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Henri Barbusse |
| ISBN: | 9781775415589 |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press |
| Publication: | June 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The Floating Press |
| Language: | English |
Henri Barbusse's Under Fire: The Story of a Squad (in the original French Le Feu: journal d'une escouade) was one of the first novels about World War I. Published at the end of 1916, it was based on Barbusse's experiences as a French soldier on the Western Front. The novel, written primarily as the episodic journal entries of an unknown narrator, follows a French squad in the brutal face of the German Invasion. Compared to the many war stories before it, Under Fire is marked by a gritty realism that squares firmly with the death and squalor of trench warfare.
Henri Barbusse's Under Fire: The Story of a Squad (in the original French Le Feu: journal d'une escouade) was one of the first novels about World War I. Published at the end of 1916, it was based on Barbusse's experiences as a French soldier on the Western Front. The novel, written primarily as the episodic journal entries of an unknown narrator, follows a French squad in the brutal face of the German Invasion. Compared to the many war stories before it, Under Fire is marked by a gritty realism that squares firmly with the death and squalor of trench warfare.
