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Under fire the story of a squad

Barbusse, Henri 1873-1935 (Author).

Summary: Based on his own experience of the Great War, Henri Barbusse's novel is a powerful account of one of the greatest horrors mankind has inflicted on itself. For the group of ordinary men in the French Sixth Battalion, thrown together from all over France and longing for home, war is simply a matter of survival, lightened only by the arrival of their rations or a glimpse of a pretty girl or a brief reprieve in the hospital. Reminiscent of classics like Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" and Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front," "Under Fire" (originally published in French as "La Feu") vividly evokes life in the trenches -- the mud, stench, and monotony of waiting while constantly fearing for one's life in an infernal and seemingly eternal battlefield.

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ISBN: 1775415589 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
ISBN: 9781775415589 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
ISBN: 1775415589 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
ISBN: 9781775415589 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (573 p.)
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Publisher: [Waiheke Island] : Floating Press, c2009.

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General Note:	Multi-User. "First published in 1917"--T.p. verso.
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