ISBN: 9781514781319

Henri Barbusse (1873-1935) was a French novelist and biographer of Stalin, a member of the French Communist Party, and an Esperantist. He was born in Asnieres-sur-Seine but in 1889, at 16… More...

Henri Barbusse (1873-1935) was a French novelist and biographer of Stalin, a member of the French Communist Party, and an Esperantist. He was born in Asnieres-sur-Seine but in 1889, at 16, he left for Paris. At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, then aged 41, Barbusse enlisted in the French Army, serving for 17 months despite being invalided out three times. By the end of 1915 he was moved permanently to a clerical position due to pulmonary damage, exhaustion, and dysentery. He first came to fame with the publication of his novel Le Feu in 1916 (translated as Under Fire), which was based on his wartime experiences. By this time he had become a pacifist and his writing demonstrated his growing hatred for militarism. Le Feu drew criticism at the time of publication for its naturalism but won the Prix Goncourt. In January 1918 Barbusse moved to Moscow for a time where he married a Russian woman and joined the Bolshevik Party. The Russian Revolution had a significant influence on his life and work and he was committed to many anti-imperialist causes, and in the 1920s and '30s he edited the periodicals Monde and Progres Civique. The hero of his 1919 novel Clarte (translated as Light) is a factory manager and good company man who, like the other men of his town, is called up for service during WWI. Thrust into the horror of the trenches, his experiences of war open his eyes to the injustices of society. The nightmare of the war transforms him into an anti-imperialist, and this is essentially the story of a man's awakening to Marxism. Barbusse creates a vivid and poetic evocation of the human condition that is as relevant today as when it was written in the early 20th century. Reprinted from the English translation by William Fitzwater Wray (1869-1938). Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Classics>Coll Classics>Coll Classics, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781514781319

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], All the days of the week are alike, from their beginning to their end. At seven in the evening one hears the clock strike gen… More...

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], All the days of the week are alike, from their beginning to their end. At seven in the evening one hears the clock strike gently, and then the instant tumult of the bell. I close the desk, wipe my pen, and put it down. I take my hat and muffler, after a glance at the mirror-a glance which shows me the regular oval of my face, my glossy hair and fine mustache. (It is obvious that I am rather more than a workman.) I put out the light and descend from my little glass-partitioned office. I cross the boiler-house, myself in the grip of the thronging, echoing peal which has set it free. From among the dark and hurrying crowd, which increases in the corridors and rolls down the stairways like a cloud, some passing voices cry to me, "Good-night, Monsieur Simon," or, with less familiarity, "Good-night, Monsieur Paulin." I answer here and there, and allow myself to be borne away by everybody else., Military Fiction<

ISBN: 9781514781319

When we have descended for a long time the gradient ends, the avenue flattens out like a river, and widens as it pierces the town. Through the latticed boughs of the old plane trees-still… More...

When we have descended for a long time the gradient ends, the avenue flattens out like a river, and widens as it pierces the town. Through the latticed boughs of the old plane trees-still naked on this last day of March-one glimpses the workmen's houses, upright in space, hazy and fantastic chessboards, with squares of light dabbed on in places, or like vertical cliffs in which our swarming is absorbed. Scattering among the twilight colonnade of the trees, these people engulf themselves in the heaped-up lodgings and rooms; they flow together in the cavity of doors; they plunge into the houses; and there they are vaguely turned into lights. I continue to walk, surrounded by several companions who are foremen and clerks, for I do not associate with the workmen. Then there are handshakes, and I go on alone. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Literature>Literature>Literature, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

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Here is a spectacular, thought-provoking, and highly informative guide to the fascinating story of light. Superb full-color photography of original equipment, intricate scientific instrum… More...

Here is a spectacular, thought-provoking, and highly informative guide to the fascinating story of light. Superb full-color photography of original equipment, intricate scientific instruments, revealing experiments, and 3-D models offers a unique view to the incredible discoveries that have transformed our world. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Literature>Literature>Literature, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781514781319

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