The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme And Ancre, 1916
Descriere
Bourne is a private fighting on the front. He is under pressure to accept a commission and become an officer, but he prefers to be among the ranks, drawn into the universal struggle for survival in a world gone mad.
Manning's startling work is unlike any other First World War novel in its portrayal of the lives of ordinary British soldiers: the trauma of the Somme; the moments of bloodlust; the camaraderie, rivalry, alcohol and boredom. Considered obscene for its language and previously published in censored form as Her Privates We, The Middle Parts of Fortune appears here in its raw, unexpurgated version.
Despre autor
Sir Niall Campbell Ferguson este un istoric britanic și american, care ocupă funcția de cercetător senior Milbank Family la Institutul Hoover și de cercetător senior la Centrul Belfer pentru Știință și Afaceri Internaționale de la Universitatea Harvard.
