Research Catalog

Title

Under fire / Henri Barbusse ; translated by Robin Buss ; with an introduction by Jay Winter.

Author

Barbusse, Henri, 1873-1935

Publication

London ; New York : Penguin, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Buss, Robin.
• Winter, J. M.

Description

xxii, 318 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

"Under Fire follows the fortunes of the French Sixth Battalion during the First World War. For this group of ordinary men, thrown together from all over France and longing for home, war is simply a matter of survival, and the arrival of their rations, a glimpse of a pretty girl or a brief reprieve in hospital is all they can hope for." "Written during the War and based on his own experiences, Henri Barbusse's novel is a powerful account of one of the greatest horrors mankind has inflicted upon itself and a critique of the inequality between ranks and of the incomprehension of those who have managed to avoid active service. It vividly evokes life in the trenches - the mud stench and monotony of waiting, while under fire in an eternal battlefield."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Penguin classics

Uniform Title

• Feu. English
• Penguin classics.

Alternative Title

Feu.

Subject

• World War, 1914-1918 > Trench warfare > Fiction
• World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > France > Fiction

Genre/Form

• War stories
• Fiction
• War fiction

Note

• Originally published: 1916.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. xviii-xix).

Language (note)

• Translated from the French.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0141187050

OCLC

• 52620629
• SCSB-10556676

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library