The Complete Memoirs Of George Sherston
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
One of the most searingly honest portraits of a generation scarred by war, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston collects Siegfried Sassoon's three semi-autobiographical novels — Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, and Sherston's Progress — into a single, indispensable volume. The narrative chronicles the life of George Sherston, a young English gentleman whose idyllic Edwardian childhood, defined by the languid pleasures of the English countryside and the thrill of the hunt, is shattered by the brutal realities of the Western Front during the First World War. Sherston's journey from carefree sportsman to shell-shocked soldier is rendered with an intimacy and emotional precision that transcends the autobiographical, becoming a universal testament to lost innocence and the cost of industrial-scale conflict. Sassoon's prose moves with a deceptive gentleness, its pastoral beauty making the violence of the trenches all the more devastating by contrast — a literary technique that marks him as one of the preeminent voices of the Great War. The trilogy sits alongside the works of Robert Graves and Wilfred Owen as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the psychological and cultural wounds inflicted upon an entire generation of young men. Rich in irony, tenderness, and a quiet, devastating fury, this collected edition leaves the reader to wonder: what truly survives a war fought in the name of a world that no longer exists?
Author: Siegfried Sassoon
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
One of the most searingly honest portraits of a generation scarred by war, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston collects Siegfried Sassoon's three semi-autobiographical novels — Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, and Sherston's Progress — into a single, indispensable volume. The narrative chronicles the life of George Sherston, a young English gentleman whose idyllic Edwardian childhood, defined by the languid pleasures of the English countryside and the thrill of the hunt, is shattered by the brutal realities of the Western Front during the First World War. Sherston's journey from carefree sportsman to shell-shocked soldier is rendered with an intimacy and emotional precision that transcends the autobiographical, becoming a universal testament to lost innocence and the cost of industrial-scale conflict. Sassoon's prose moves with a deceptive gentleness, its pastoral beauty making the violence of the trenches all the more devastating by contrast — a literary technique that marks him as one of the preeminent voices of the Great War. The trilogy sits alongside the works of Robert Graves and Wilfred Owen as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the psychological and cultural wounds inflicted upon an entire generation of young men. Rich in irony, tenderness, and a quiet, devastating fury, this collected edition leaves the reader to wonder: what truly survives a war fought in the name of a world that no longer exists?