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| Original Title: | The Wars |
| ISBN: | 0571207995 (ISBN13: 9780571207992) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Governor General's |
| Literary Awards: | / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général |
Timothy Findley
Paperback | Pages: 218 pages Rating: 3.88 | 7507 Users | 372 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Wars |
| Author | : | Timothy Findley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 218 pages |
| Published | : | August 20th 2001 by Faber and Faber (first published 1977) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Canada. Classics. War. Literature. Canadian Literature |
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Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, went to war - the War to End All Wars. He found himself in the nightmare world of trench warfare; of mud and smoke, of chlorine gas and rotting corpses. In this world gone mad, Robert Ross performed a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death.The Wars is quite simply one of the best novels ever written about the First World War.
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I almost did it last night. When I finished this book, I was too overjoyed by its beauty, I thought of putting the book in front of me, stand up and applaud. Its just that I was not at home. I was in a 24-hr Dunkin Donuts outlet and people would definitely stare at me and think that I was a losing my mind. I did not know what to do. My head was spinning with joy and I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time.Come to think of it, as a reader, how do you celebrate finishing a great novel? At theThe book is a very clever mix of a researcher trying to piece together the actions and short life of 19-year-old Robert Ross during The Great War, and the immense atrocities of the war as seen through the eyes of Robert Ross himself.Interesting is the plural form of the title: To me it implied both the First World War and the war Robert is fighting within himself...I had rated the book 4 to 4½ stars originally but the more I thought about the book and its story while writing my Dutch review for
A very sparse, grim and poetical portrayal of a young Canadian soldier in France and England during World War I and his family back in Canada.
Canadian attitudes towards war are strangely more encapsulating than American attitudes. There seems no definitive pride in victory; only in living.
This review was written in the late nineties (just for myself), and it was buried in amongst my things until today, when I uncovered the journal it was written in. I have transcribed it verbatim from all those years ago (although square brackets indicate some additional information for the sake of readability). It is one of my lost reviews.Fragments. That is the greatest strength of Canadian Literature for me -- the masterful use of fragments. Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient is certainly
I read this for a student I was tutoring. I found out it was Canadian literature an it's often studied in school. While historical/warfare lit is not my thing, the psychological journey and interrogation of masculinity and the hero was quite nuanced. A lot of different layers and meanings to take from this one. Surprisingly enjoyed it.
For the First World War few good novels have been written, of which this book despite its quality seems to be one of the least known and popular. This I think I can understand it to some extent, the book is certainly not easy, it takes effort to appreciate it and it is characterized by a first half that is rather sluggish and most of it is not done to attract the reader's interest .Of course, this change in the second half when our hero, a sensitive 19-year-old Canadian, is involved in combat
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