Old Soldiers
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A quietly powerful work of literary fiction, Old Soldiers chronicles the unlikely friendship that develops between two men — a young boy and an elderly veteran — whose lives intersect in the shared spaces of a London park. Paul Bailey writes with characteristic restraint and emotional precision, illustrating how memory, loss, and loneliness bind people across generations in ways that are both tender and profound. The novel presents its characters with deep psychological nuance, allowing their conversations and silences to gradually uncover the weight of histories both personal and historical. Bailey's prose is spare yet richly evocative, capturing the textures of grief and human connection with a tone that is melancholic but never sentimental. Old Soldiers stands as a moving testament to the redemptive power of unexpected companionship.
Author: Paul Bailey
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A quietly powerful work of literary fiction, Old Soldiers chronicles the unlikely friendship that develops between two men — a young boy and an elderly veteran — whose lives intersect in the shared spaces of a London park. Paul Bailey writes with characteristic restraint and emotional precision, illustrating how memory, loss, and loneliness bind people across generations in ways that are both tender and profound. The novel presents its characters with deep psychological nuance, allowing their conversations and silences to gradually uncover the weight of histories both personal and historical. Bailey's prose is spare yet richly evocative, capturing the textures of grief and human connection with a tone that is melancholic but never sentimental. Old Soldiers stands as a moving testament to the redemptive power of unexpected companionship.