Twenty-two stories of war, from the Civil War to World War II. Includes authors such as Eudora Welty, Stephen Crane, James Jones, Ralph Ellison, and Bernard Malamud.
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Grade 9 Up-- An outstanding collection of 22 short stories by such American literary giants as Bierce, Hemingway, Welty, and Faulkner as well as lesser-known writers. Benard has chosen selections about the psychological, physical, and social effects of war upon soldiers and civilians from the Civil War to Vietnam. The title piece by Robert McLaughlin deals with black soldiers during World War II who return home to the realities of segregated cafes; Wright Morris's ``The Ram in the Thicket,'' an account of a couple who have lost their son, seethes with repressed emotions and sexuality; Kay Boyle's ``Defeat'' offers a moving study of the French people during the German Occupation. Especially powerful are Charles Durden's ``Little Beaver,'' Jim Pitzen's ``The Village,'' and Tim O'Brien's ``The Ghost Soldiers.'' All relate what the Vietnam experience was like for its participants more tellingly in a few pages than do many longer works. On the whole, the anthology includes some of the best prose written, but it should be noted that adult language is used and mature themes are explored. Also, the stories tend to reflect much more the attitudes of today than those of the eras in which they were written; thus, as Knox Burger notes in his intro duction, they ``serve as antidotes to propaganda'' and the myths about war. --David A. Lindsey, Lakewood Junior/Senior High School, WA
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A tour de force selection,
By Tim P. (Birmingham) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Short Wait Between Trains, A (Hardcover)
This book's riveting chronological sequence of stories reveals the devastating tapestry of history, woven by authors who were writing about wars that were central to lives. It includes stories that look unblinkingly at the horror of what it does to people. Whether it is a story about the loss of a loved one, like the haunting Greater Love, of the loss of one's own humanity--as in Victory, or The Marine, the stories hit hard and stay with you long after you have finished the last story. The title story is especially damning to the hypocrisy black soldiers faced in WWII. A very well chosen collection of great authors on a timeless subject that affects us all.
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