The beauty and the sorrow an intimate history of the First World War
Englund examines the history of World War I through the experiences of the average man and woman-- not only the tragedy and horror but also the absurdity and even, at times, the beauty. In a brilliant mosaic of perspectives that moves between the home front and the front lines, he reconstructs the f...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Swedish |
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New York :
Random House, Inc.,
2012.
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| Edition: | Vintage Books ed. |
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| Summary: | Englund examines the history of World War I through the experiences of the average man and woman-- not only the tragedy and horror but also the absurdity and even, at times, the beauty. In a brilliant mosaic of perspectives that moves between the home front and the front lines, he reconstructs the feelings, impressions, experiences, and shifting spirits of twenty particular people, allowing them to speak not only for themselves but also for all those who were in some way shaped by the war, but whose voices have been forgotten, rejected, or simply remained unheard. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in Sweden as Stridens Skönhet Och Sorg by Atlantis, Stockholm, in 2009" [i.e. 2008].--T.p. verso. |
| Physical Description: | 540 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-514) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780307739285 (pbk.) 0307739287 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: | Peter Englund received a Ph.D. in history at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. He has been given a number of literary prizes in his home country, including the most famous one, the August. In 2002, he was elected to the Swedish Academy (who awards the Nobel Prize in Literature), and in 2008 was appointed its new Permanent Secretary. He has also worked as a war correspondent, in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq. |
