num_pages: 319
description: This book presents a graphic account of the First World War from the perspective of the French trenches. It powerfully evokes the mundane degradations of trench life as well as the drama and trauma of military action, showing how ordinary men responded to one of the greatest horrors mankind has inflicted upon itself.
language: English
title: Modern Classics Under Fire
titlecomplete: Modern Classics Under Fire
genres: Fiction, France, War, World War I, French Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 1967
awards: awardedAt: -1704124800000
name: Prix Goncourt
publisher: Penguin Books