Adrienne's Place: Some Literary Effects of Great War

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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 1:51 PM

Some Literary Effects of Great War

For those of you out there who can't get enough of the World War I era, there are several other books I would highly recommend.

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham. This is also a not half-bad movie starring Bill Murray. It's about a guy who fought in WWI and decides to live as an expatriot in Paris for awhile, then goes to India to meditate. A brief description which does absolutely no justice to the book. It's about the only book I've read four or five times. At this point in time, I would say it's ultimately about the choices people make and the consequences they live with.
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo. This one is about a soldier who gets his arms, legs, and jaw blown off, as well as losing his sight and hearing, but doctors just wanted to see if they could keep him alive. Sounds boring, I know, but it is very disturbing and will not leave you for days. The mark of a really good book, if you ask me. This was also turned into a really good movie, Trumbo himself worked on the screenplay. Scenes from this were used in Metallica's video, "One."

By adriennelibrarian at 1:51 PM

Shaw Israel Izikson said...

that's fought, not faught.

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