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Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I'm on sort of a World War One binge lately. I've read All Quiet on the Western Front years ago. Lately I've done Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, Dos Passos' Three Soldiers and Maugham's spy stories.

The only other one I know is Helprin's A Soldier of the Great War. Has anyone read it? Is it any good?

Other suggestions would be welcome.

Css · Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Location: South of the river

I enjoyed Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks.

oskinny1 · Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Location: Right behind you!

"Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Got_His_Gun

Unposter · Joined: 04 Jun 2006

I believe Upton Sinclair's World's End is about WWI - A lot of interesting books about this period; I must agree. We've certainly gone a long ways in forgetting its lessons...

Nowhere Man · Joined: 08 Feb 2004

In Stahlgewittern by Ernst Junger

Storm of Steel

http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Steel-Penguin-Classics-J%C3%BCnger/dp/0142437905

KirbyMagnus · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Location: Korea

The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker.

safeblad · Joined: 17 Jul 2006

Its not strictly a world war one novel rather an autobiography but 'goodbye to all that' by the poet robert graves (who is fictionalised in regeneration) is a great book and covers some of his experiences in the trenches.

VanIslander · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject:

You must read The Secret Battle by A. P. Herbert

(You'll thank me for it later.)

ernie · Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Location: asdfghjk

dalton trumbo's 'johnny got his gun' (1938)

incredibly dark, chilling tale, not really a 'war' story... i believe it was banned in the US for a period of time... the inspiration for the metallica song and video "One"...

CasperTheFriendlyGhost · Joined: 28 Feb 2007

Hemmingway's In Our Time. Is it a novel or a collection of stories? A novel, I think. WWI is a part of it.

I'll check out some of the other titles listed here.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Thanks for the suggestions, guys.

Fishead soup · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea

All is Quiet on the Western Front.
Forget the authors name. From the point of view of the Germans. It was also a good movie.

poet13 · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject:

Was the "Red Badge of Courage" about WWI? If so, I would recommend that.

Knucklehead · Joined: 06 Jan 2008

Red Badge of Courage, i believe, was The American Civil War.

I ditto Birdsong. Great Novel.

dr. love · Joined: 09 Oct 2007 Location: Seoul

Vimy by Pierre Burton is an excellent non-fiction work that gives an excellent journalistic account of one of Canada's greatest war time victories.