Melding the personal with the political, Robert Graves' Goodbye to All That is both a literary masterpiece and the definitive account of the horrors of World War I. Using anecdotes from his own life prior to his enlistment in the army—his upper-crust upbringing, his privileged private school education—Graves illustrates the stark contrast between life in the trenches and life at home. Like many other soldiers who suffered appalling conditions and witnessed the tragic and ignorant blunders of senior military figures while on the front line, Graves returned to England a haunted man, forever disillusioned with the hypocrisy of traditional British values. First published in 1929, Goodbye to All That is a cathartic and candid look at Britain's involvement in WWI. Intense, unsettling, and enlightening, this compelling memoir is vital to understanding not only the battles of the First World War, but the events and social attitudes of the Jazz Age and beyond.
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In this antiwar classic, the renowned poet, novelist (I, CLAUDIUS), and translator recalls his nightmarish experiences in WWI trenches, which caused him to forsake his native England and to say "goodbye to all that." Worse than the violence and death surrounding him were the sheer stupidity and opportunism of the men who engendered and superintended the hostilities that devastated an entire generation. No jeremiad this, but a powerful first-person account, laced with humor and humanity, of the hell that was the "War to End All Wars." Honey-tongued narrator Martin Jarvis strives against excess in his sensitive recital but can't help getting caught up in the horrors. Still, his admirable restraint and intelligent reading emphasize the dignity embedded in the well-crafted text. Y.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
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