Vessel Of Sadness - Brossura

Woodruff, William

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0349118116 ISBN 13: 9780349118116

Casa editrice: Abacus, 2004

Riassunto

Italy, 1944 - this is the setting of one of the most convincing and quietly magnificent stories about man and war that has ever been written. Here, (distilled from the experiences and observations of one who fought with them in the British infantry unit) is the mood of those who fought and died at Anzio. Their task - to seize the Alban Hills and then Rome forty miles away. Instead, for more than four months, they sank into the mud of the Anzio plain and fought for their lives. Nothing has appeared since Erich Maria Remarque's ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT that can compare with this book's ability to penetrate the minds of men at war. There are no heroes, no heroines, no victories. This is a faceless, nameless, fragmented war. Even national differences - Britain, Italian, German, American - merge and are forgotten in this larger story of humanity. This story, in fact, does not need to be Anzio; it could be any battlefield where man has faced death.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

Beautifully written (Hew Strachan Five Books)

It has the same gritty authenticity as THE ROAD TO NAB END (The DAILY MAIL)

Descrizione del libro:

A terrifying true-life novel about the 1944 Anzio landings in the tradition of BAND OF BROTHERS.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Abacus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0349118116
• ISBN 13: 9780349118116
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240