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Gone to Soldiers Mass Market Paperback – April 12, 1988

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In a stunning tour-de-force, Marge Piercy has woven a tapestry of World War II, of six women and four men, who fought and died, worked and worried, and moved through the dizzying days of the war. A compelling chronicle of humans in conflict with inhuman events, GONE TO SOLIDERS is an unforgettable reading experience and a stirring tribute to the remarkable survival of the human spirit.
"Panoramic...This is a sweeping epic in the best sense."
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April 12, 1988
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0449215571
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978-0449215579
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g tour-de-force, Marge Piercy has woven a tapestry of World War II, of six women and four men, who fought and died, worked and worried, and moved through the dizzying days of the war. A compelling chronicle of humans in conflict with inhuman events, GONE TO SOLIDERS is an unforgettable reading experience and a stirring tribute to the remarkable survival of the human spirit.
"Panoramic...This is a sweeping epic in the best sense."
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In a stunning tour-de-force, Marge Piercy has woven a tapestry of World War II, of six women and four men, who fought and died, worked and worried, and moved through the dizzying days of the war. A compelling chronicle of humans in conflict with inhuman events, GONE TO SOLIDERS is an unforgettable reading experience and a stirring tribute to the remarkable survival of the human spirit.
"Panoramic...This is a sweeping epic in the best sense."
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fawcett; Reissue edition (April 12, 1988)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 800 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0449215571
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0449215579
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.28 x 1.69 x 6.9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,709,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #14,130 in War Fiction (Books)
- #19,650 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
- #72,831 in Literary Fiction (Books)

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Marge Piercy has written seventeen novels including the New York Times bestseller Gone to Soldiers, the national bestsellers Braided Lives and The Longings of Women, and the classic Woman on the Edge of Time, as well as He, She and It and Sex Wars; nineteen volumes of poetry including The Hunger Moon: New and Selected Poems 1980–2010, The Crooked Inheritance, and Made in Detroit; and the critically acclaimed memoir Sleeping with Cats. Born in center city Detroit, educated at the University of Michigan and Northwestern, and the recipient of four honorary doctorates, Piercy is active in antiwar, feminist, and environmental causes.

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Mike 27

WW II from a different perspective...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 19, 2022

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I have owned this book for years and finally decided to read it. It starts slow, introducing characters and building their histories. Sometimes frustrating but sort of interesting too. Then after awhile I began to look forward to reading some more until I got hooked.
I have watched most all of the old WW II war movies and read some true histories about the time period and became enthralled. In historical fiction I recommend Winds of War/War and Remberence by Herman Wouk as a must read. I have read quite a few books about the SOE and OSS histories, and even some devoted specifically to the many accomplishments of women in the SOE/OSS/French Resistance etc.
This book kind of encapsulates it all. It is fiction but it is clearly based on historical facts. It is mostly from the feminine perspective and it is well worth the time it takes to read it. The characters are interesting and fully realized and the different story lines are entertaining and believable.

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Robert B. Lamm

Not Herman Wouk

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Of all the subjects I love to read about, I suppose that WWII is my favorite -- novels, memoirs, works of non-fiction, and so on (with the exception of military history). So it pains me to say that this book was disappointing.

The book contains a great deal of interesting narrative about the war, including the home front; that automatically gives it three stars. However, IMHO, it doesn't deserve any more than that. For one thing, it focuses on a group of characters largely comprised of American and French Jews. There's nothing wrong with that, but given the book's length and scope, I would have appreciated a broader view. Further, the characters are somewhat standard cutouts rather than real people. But the most frustrating thing about this book is its emphasis on sex. I am fine with sex in books, but sex seems to be as important to the plot as the war itself. Straight sex, gay sex, lesbian sex, rough sex, loving sex, indifferent sex, and so on. I'm not sure if this is a reflection of the period when it was written (in the 1980s), but it is rather tiresome and actually gets in the way of the story. There are also some improbable outcomes at the end of the book, but that's a minor quibble.

The back cover (the paperback equivalent of the flyleaf) states that the author's style "rivals that of Herman Wouk." Don't believe it. If you want to read what for my money are among the best novels about WWII, read Wouk's "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance." With all due respect, Ms. Piercy is not Herman Wouk.

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gammyjill

An excellent read...the second time around.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 22, 2016

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American author and poet Marge Piercy originally published her novel, "Gone to Soldiers", in 1987. I read the novel then but that was before Amazon reviews, so I waited til I reread the book in eform to write a review. Some books, when you reread them, you can't quite see what the magic was all about, but that's not true with "Gone to Soldiers". It's just as good as it was when I first read it.

"Gone to Soldiers" is a bit like Herman Wouk's epics, "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance", in that Piercy focuses on 10 or so characters in the US and France in the early days of the American entrance to WW2. Her characters - ranging from a Protestant brother and sister from New England, to a Jewish family of 2nd generation immigrants in Detroit to a family (extended from the Detroit family) living in Paris. There are a few other characters who are interspersed with these main characters and they interact to a large degree as the book goes on. As with Wouk's books, these characters seem to be involved in most parts of the war - in both the Pacific and European theaters - and in the death and destruction the war brought. It's a grueling book to read; Piercy writes about battles in the Pacific islands as well as lives doomed in the concentration camps and work in the Resistance. But she also brings to light some previously not much written about subjects like the WASP women pilots who played such a large part in ferrying planes and materiel, and the work of the Japanese code breakers in Washington.

Marge Piercy's book is not for the faint of heart. Her characters are well-drawn and the stories she tells are vivid. Characters the reader may have grown to like are killed but others go on to live and love again. It's a wonderful epic of war and life.

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The history of an extended, originally polish, jewish family before, during and after WWII.

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The action is all over the globe. Some members of the family stay behind in the German Reich and live (and die) in the Nazi death-camps. Others have lived abroad for a long time or escaped in time. Still others (including women) are directly or indirectly involved with the Allied war effort, be it as members of different secret services, active soldiers or officers in the allied armed forces, or working in armament plants. Or as members of the Resistance in France. The book follows the different members and their spouses, girlsfriends, lovers and friends, with their very different stories and experiences, often on parallel lines, which however frequently cross and form a grid, very cleverly and convincingly constructed by the author. Most end up as heroes in very different forms. Common for all is an incredible will to survive and overcome unspeakable suffering, although some die and not all come up on top. All leave an impressive history of human resilience and heroism, leaving the reader in the end with a message of optimism.
Very well researched.
Sex plays an important part of the book, sometimes in my view unnecessarily so. Sex of all kinds, often rough and kinky and even vulgar.

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Mrs. C. N. Gracey

Brilliant read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 17, 2020

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I love this book. I read it many years ago and felt like I'd lost a friend when i finished it. Unfortunately i lost my copy so reordered during the lockdown

Sarah Humphreys

A moving tale of troubled times

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 4, 2014

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This huge ambitious novel is intriguing from beginning to end. A great range of characters, not all likable, but fascinating the same. The novel follows 10 characters in World War II and is believable, moving and I just couldn't stop reading it.

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bridget kyte

Education in life.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 12, 2020

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Awesome.
For history, humanity & emotion.
Brilliant writer.

It's me here!

Great stuff.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 29, 2015

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Marge Piercy is a terrific writer, and I find this to be one of her best.

Andrew C. Middleton

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 5, 2017

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Fantastic author

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