Product Information
'Men are made to be husbands, fathers - men, in short! Not animals that hunt one another down.' Under Fire follows the fortune of a French battalion during the First World War. For this group of ordinary men, thrown together from all over France and longing for home, war is simply a matter of survival, and the arrival of their rations, a glimpse of a pretty girl or a brief reprieve in hospital is all they can hope for. Based directly on Henri Barbusse's experiences of the trenches, Under Fire is the most famous French novel of the First World War, starkly evoking the mud, stench and monotony of an eternal battlefield. It is also a powerful critique of inequality between ranks, the incomprehension of those who have not experienced battle, and of war itself.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141187051
eBay Product ID (ePID)88538957
Product Key Features
Publication Year2003
TopicWorld War I
Book TitleUnder Fire
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorHenri Barbusse
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight263 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorHenri Barbusse