The Penguin Book of First World War Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Penguin Book of First World War Stories write by Ann-Marie Einhaus. This book was released on 2007-10-25. The Penguin Book of First World War Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An anthology of Great War short stories by British writers, both famous and lesser-known authors, men and women, during the war and after its end. These stories are able to illustrate the impact of the Great War on British society and culture and the many modes in which short fiction contributed to the war's literature. The selection covers different periods: the war years themselves, the famous boom years of the late 1920s to the more recent past in which the First World War has received new cultural interest.
The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry
The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry write by Matthew George Walter. This book was released on 2006-10-26. The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This anthology reflects the diversity of voices it contains: the poems are arranged thematically and the themes reflect the different experiences of war not just for the soldiers but for those left behind. This is what makes this volume more accessible and satisfying than others. In addition to the established canon there are poems rarely anthologised and a selection of soldiers' songs to reflect the voices of the soldiers themselves.
The Good Son: A Story from the First World War, Told in Miniature
The Good Son: A Story from the First World War, Told in Miniature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Good Son: A Story from the First World War, Told in Miniature write by Pierre-Jacques Ober. This book was released on 2019-05-14. The Good Son: A Story from the First World War, Told in Miniature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A young WWI soldier's unauthorized visit home has dire consequences in a haunting story reimagined in miniature tableaux. About one hundred years ago, the whole world went to war. The war was supposed to last months. It lasted years. It is Christmastime, 1914, and World War I rages. A young French soldier named Pierre had quietly left his regiment to visit his family for two days, and when he returned, he was imprisoned. Now he faces execution for desertion, and as he waits in isolation, he meditates on big questions: the nature of patriotism, the horrors of war, the joys of friendship, the love of family, and how even in times of danger, there is a whole world inside every one of us. And how sometimes that world is the only refuge. Its publication coinciding with the centennial of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, this moving and sparely narrated story, based on true events, is reenacted in fascinating miniature scenes that convey the emotional complexity of the tale. Notes from the creators explore the innovative process and their personal connection to the story.
The First World War
The First World War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The First World War write by Hew Strachan. This book was released on 2005-04-05. The First World War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “This serious, compact survey of the war’s history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available.” (Los Angeles Times) Nearly a century has passed since the outbreak of World War I, yet as military historian Hew Strachan (winner of the 2016 Pritzker Literature Award) argues in this brilliant and authoritative new book, the legacy of the “war to end all wars” is with us still. The First World War was a truly global conflict from the start, with many of the most decisive battles fought in or directly affecting the Balkans, Africa, and the Ottoman Empire. Even more than World War II, the First World War continues to shape the politics and international relations of our world, especially in hot spots like the Middle East and the Balkans. Strachan has done a masterful job of reexamining the causes, the major campaigns, and the consequences of the First World War, compressing a lifetime of knowledge into a single definitive volume tailored for the general reader. Written in crisp, compelling prose and enlivened with extraordinarily vivid photographs and detailed maps, The First World War re-creates this world-altering conflict both on and off the battlefield—the clash of ideologies between the colonial powers at the center of the war, the social and economic unrest that swept Europe both before and after, the military strategies employed with stunning success and tragic failure in the various theaters of war, the terms of peace and why it didn’t last. Drawing on material culled from many countries, Strachan offers a fresh, clear-sighted perspective on how the war not only redrew the map of the world but also set in motion the most dangerous conflicts of today. Deeply learned, powerfully written, and soon to be released with a new introduction that commemorates the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the war, The First World War remains a landmark of contemporary history.
The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories
The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories write by Jay Rubin. This book was released on 2018-06-28. The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable works being written today. Short story writers already well-known to English-language readers are all included here - Tanizaki, Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata - but also many surprising new finds. From Yuko Tsushima's 'Flames' to Yuten Sawanishi's 'Filling Up with Sugar', from Shin'ichi Hoshi's 'Shoulder-Top Secretary' to Banana Yoshimoto's 'Bee Honey', The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is filled with fear, charm, beauty and comedy. Curated by Jay Rubin, who has himself freshly translated several of the stories, and introduced by Haruki Murakami, this book will be a revelation to its readers.
