War
by Ludwig Renn
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In his War Books Cyril Falls expresses uncertainty whether this book should be classed as fiction or reminiscence, eventually plumping for the former but based on personal experiences. The Times Literary Supplement of the day comments that he [Renn] recorded his impressions with that extreme simplicity which is one of the highest forms of literary art. The author is the central figure who begins the war as a lance corporal and finishes as a sergeant having served on the Western Front from show more beginning to end, from the invasion of Belgium to the armistice. He was wounded on the Somme and again during the March offensive. His vivid descriptions of the fighting - the Somme, the 1917 Aisne-Champagne battle, the trenches and the final German offensive quite clearly, to my mind, reflect what he personally went through, and the result is a Great War classic. show lessTags
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Klassieke oorlogsroman die volgens de achterflap op dezelfde hoogte staat als 'Van het westelijk front geen nieuws' van Remarque. De zeer sobere bijna zakelijke stijl, de heel snelle opeenvolging van korte taferelen en spannende scènes én een origineel gebruik van onomatopeeën maakt dit tot een heel realistische, huiveringwekkende schets van oorlog en het oorlogvoeren (in casu WOI vanuit het perspectief van een jonge Duitse korporaal). Boeiend voorwoord van Geert van Istendael.
May 4, 2016Dutch
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
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- 833.912 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures German fiction 1900- 1900-1990 1900-1945
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- PT2645 .I445 .K7 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures German literature Individual authors or works 1860/70-1960
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