Opis: Once There Was a War - John Steinbeck

A collection of some of the finest correspondence from the Second World War, courtesy of one of America's most distinguished authors, the "Penguin Modern Classics" edition of John Steinbeck's "Once There Was a War" includes the author's original introduction. 'Do you know it, do you remember it, the drives, the attitudes, the terrors and, yes, the joys?' Thus Steinbeck introduces his collection of poignant and hard-hitting dispatches for the "New York Herald Tribune" when the Second World War was at its height. He begins in England, recounting the courage of the bomber crews, the tragic air-raids and the strangeness of the British, before being sent to Africa and joining a special operations unit off the coast of Italy. Eating, drinking talking and fighting alongside the soldiers, Steinbeck's empathy for the common man is always in evidence in these pieces, and he never fails to evoke the human side of an inhuman war. John Steinbeck (1902-68), winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for literature, is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the Second World War Steinbeck served as a war correspondent, with his collected dispatches published as "Once There Was a War" (1958); in 1945 he was awarded the Norwegian Cross of Freedom for his novel "The Moon is Down" (1942), a portrayal of Resistance efforts in northern Europe. His best-known works include the epics "The Grapes of Wrath" (1939) and "East of Eden" (1952), and his tragic novella "Of Mice and Men" (1937). John Steinbeck's complete works are published in "Penguin Modern Classics". If you enjoyed "Once There Was a War", you might like Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley", also available in "Penguin Modern Classics". "If you have forgotten what the war was like, Steinbeck will refresh your memory. Age can never dull this kind of writing." ("Chicago Tribune").

Szczegóły: Once There Was a War - John Steinbeck

Tytuł: Once There Was a War
Autor: John Steinbeck
Producent: Penguin
ISBN: 9780141186320
Rok produkcji: 2001
Ilość stron: 256
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.19 kg

Recenzje: Once There Was a War - John Steinbeck