The beauty and the sorrow
Subtitle: an intimate history of the First World War
By: by Peter Englund
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9780307593863
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Personal narratives
Work titles: Stridens skönhet och sorg
Description: Englund examines the history of World War I through the experiences of the average man and woman-- not only the tragedy and horror but also the absurdity and even, at times, the beauty. In a brilliant mosaic of perspectives that moves between the home front and the front lines, he reconstructs the feelings, impressions, experiences, and shifting spirits of twenty particular people, allowing them to speak not only for themselves but also for all those who were in some way shaped by the war, but whose voices have been forgotten, rejected, or simply remained unheard.
Notes: "Originally published in Sweden as Stridens Skönhet Och Sorg by Atlantis, Stockholm, in 2009" [i.e. 2008].--T.p. verso.

Includes index.