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Description edit
This book follows a squad of French volunteer soldiers on the front in France after the German invasion. The book opens and ends with broad visions shared by multiple characters. The anecdotes are episodic in nature, each with an individual chapter title. In contrast to many war novels which... read more
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First Sentence edit
MONT BLANC, the Dent du Midi, and the Aiguille Verte look across at the bloodless faces that show above the blankets along the gallery of the sanatorium.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Penguin Modern Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
This is book 737 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and followed by RashÅmon and Other Stories.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Henri Barbusse (Author)
- Robin Buss (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 843.912
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