The Good Soldier

Author: Ford Madox Ford
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781727680195
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
The Good Soldier A Tale of Passion by Ford Madox Ford At the fashionable German spa town Bad Nauheim, two wealthy, fin de siecle couples - one British, the other American - meet for their yearly assignation. As their story moves back and forth in time between 1902 and 1914, the fragile surface propriety of the pre - World War I society in which these four characters live is ruptured - revealing deceit, hatred, infidelity, and betrayal. "The Good Soldier" is Edward Ashburnham, who, as an adherent to the moral code of the English upper class, is nonetheless consumed by a passion for women younger than his wife - a stoic but fallible figure in what his American friend, John Dowell, calls "the saddest story I ever heard."

The Good Soldiers

Author: David Finkel
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN: 1429952717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
The Prequel to the Bestselling Thank You for Your Service, Now a Major Motion Picture With The Good Soldiers, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Finkel has produced an eternal story — not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time. It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. It became known as "the surge." Among those called to carry it out were the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers. About to head to a vicious area of Baghdad, they decided the difference would be them. Fifteen months later, the soldiers returned home — forever changed. The chronicle of their tour is gripping, devastating, and deeply illuminating for anyone with an interest in human conflict.

The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk During the World War, Book Two

Author: Jaroslav Hašek
Publisher: Good Soldier Švejk
ISBN: 1438916701
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Book Description
A picaresque series of tales about an ordinary man's successful quest to survive, and a funny but unrelentingly savage assault on the very idea of bureaucratic officialdom as a human enterprise conferring benefits on those who live under its control, and on the various justifications bureaucracies offer for their own existence.

The 100 Best Novels in English

Author: Robert McCrum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781903385425
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
LITERARY COMPANIONS, BOOK REVIEWS & GUIDES. Everybody loves a list but this is a list of major ambition: namely, to select the best 100 novels in the English language, published from the late 17th century to the present day. This list has been built up week by week in The Observer since September 2013, and selected by writer and Observer editor Robert McCrum. With a short critique on each book, this is a real delight for literary lovers.

The Good Soldier Schweik

Author: Jaroslav Hasek
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440

Book Description

A Good Soldier

Author: Ally Golden
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781540788832
Category : Children of suicide victims
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An emotionally riveting memoir, A Good Soldier perfectly captures the isolation and pain that can come from having a loved one with a mental illness. When Ally Golden heads off to college, she breathes a sigh of relief; she is ready to discover herself, independent of her mother. However, this newfound freedom and several failed attempts at intimacy soon leave Golden feeling adrift. But even as she withdraws from the world, Golden feels an all-powerful emotional connection to the woman who raised her. Moving into adulthood, Golden tries to envision a future in which she can begin her own family-as the mental decline of her mother reaches its lowest point. Will Golden be able to heal her relationship with her mother before it's too late? Golden's raw honesty and stunning emotional insights will comfort anyone who has been on the chaotic and unpredictable journey with a mentally ill friend or family member.

From Good King Wenceslas to the Good Soldier ?vejk

Author: Andrew Lawrence Roberts
Publisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 9789637326271
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
Emphasizing the importance of popular culture and the wealth of knowledge that can be gained through an analysis of the daily lives and practices of individuals, this book serves as an introduction to Czech popular culture. It includes 600 entries, cross-referenced to allow readers to pursue particular topics in greater depth.

The Good Soldier

Author: Gary Mead
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
ISBN: 1782394966
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
Posterity has not been kind to Douglas Haig, the commander of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front for much of the First World War. Haig has frequently been presented as a commander who sent his troops to slaughter in vast numbers at the Somme in 1916 and at Passchendaele the following year. The Good Soldier re-examines Haig's record in these battles and presents his predicament with a fresh eye. More importantly, it re-evaluates Haig himself, exploring the nature of the man, turning to both his early life and army career before 1914, as well as his unstinting work on behalf of ex-servicemen's organizations after 1918. Finally, in this definitive biography, the man emerges from the myth.

Behind the Lines

Author: Jaroslav Hašek
Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
ISBN: 802463287X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
The collection of short stories entitled Behind the Lines: Bulguma and Other Stories draws on Hašek’s experience from revolutionary Russia. In a manner similar to that employed in his caricatures of the pre-war monarchy, he satirically captures events of the Bolshevik revolution from the perspective of a Red commissar in a combination of grotesque humor and sarcasm. Historical events serve merely as part of the historical mystification. Hašek presents them as he perceived them as a man and participant in historical events. He depicts them primarily as simple and human, pushing his critical view into the background. On the border of a comic exaggeration and a realistic depiction, an amusing story about a forgotten Tartar town of Bugulma unfolds featuring the Soviet commander of the Tver Revolutionary Regiment, drunk Yerokhimov, and Comrade Gašek, the Commanding Officer of Bugulma. Employing humor and exaggeration, Hašek demonstrates the zealotry of the revolutionary period as well as the stupidity and simple human insecurity of authoritarians. The collection of short stories, Behind the Lines, also includes other sketches by Hašek, written at the same time.

Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier

Author: Max Saunders
Publisher: Brill / Rodopi
ISBN: 9789004299160
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
This volume marks the centenary of Ford Madox Ford s masterpiece "The Good Soldier." It includes groundbreaking work on the novel s narrative technique, chronology, and genre; pioneering work on bodies and minds; eugenics; poison; and surveillance; and innovative comparative studies."