Books

[cillmhor]

Just one more title to throw into the pot for anyone interested - The Middle Parts of Fortune by Frederic Manning.

The book is a novel set during the First World War and it very realistically depicts life at the front and between fighting. This is very much a work of literature and as such is not full of descriptions of actual battles or war, if action is what you are after then this book is not for you. The book focuses on the day-to-day monotony and the comradeship between the ordinary soldiers, it also touches on the futility of war and how the constant threat of death and injury was dealt with by soldiers. The author served on the Western Front in WWI and he is a very fine writer, described by some of the best known authors of the time as one of, if not the best novels on WWI. As I said this is not fast-paced or a page-turner, but a real good book which allows you to sympathise with the common soldier. Strong language peppers the book so if you are offended then maybe this is not for you. I have not read many novels on war, but this is a great one in my opinion.

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