Death of a Hero
$40.94
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
24 April 2013
Summary
One of the great World War I antiwar novels—honest, chilling, and brilliantly satirical.
Based on the author’s experiences on the Western Front, Richard Aldington’s first novel, Death of a Hero, finally joins the ranks of Penguin Classics. Our hero is George Winterbourne, who enlists in the British Expeditionary Army during the Great War and gets sent to France. After a rash of casualties leads to his promotion through the ranks, he grows increasingly cynical about the war an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143106876 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143106872 |
| Author: | Richard Aldington |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 24 April 2013 |
| Weight: | 307g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 131mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
”[Death of a Hero] takes its place among the half dozen superb stories of the war that will not let men forget.” — The Nation
“Death of a Hero is a book impossible to ignore.” — Arnold Bennett
“This novel is an undervalued war novel treasure by a pioneering 20th-century literary figure. The quality of writing about the war should rank this novel among the classics about World War I warfare and even for all time.” — James H. Meredith
Richard Aldington
Richard Aldington (1892-1962) was known as a translator, critic, biographer, and poet of distinction. He joined the British Army in 1916 and was wounded in 1918.
James H. Meredith, a retired United States Air Force lieutenant colonel, is the introducer of the Penguin Classics editions of Paths of Glory by Humphrey Cobb and Bombs Away by John Steinbeck.
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