false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168047787m/29898.jpg 29898 15 Sixty years after the armistice, the horrors of the First World War were still spurring antiwar literature, one of the most compelling of which is Timothy Findley's <I>The Wars</I>. Slim and elliptical, but told with a level-headed, lyrical clarity, <I>The Wars</I> traces the atrocities and absurdities of war through the journey of a young Canadian officer through trenches in which barbarism and civilization exist side by side. 1005136 1977 The Wars total:363|5:88|4:162|3:84|2:19|1:10| 363 1388 502 33 29898 0571207995 9780571207992 291 24 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168047787m/29898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29898.The_Wars 4 0 false Thu Jan 22 21:04:58 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 11:56:59 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 21:04:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 29898 0571207995 9780571207992 291 24 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168047787m/29898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29898.The_Wars 4 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 06 19:41:30 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 14:26:48 -0700 2008 29898 0571207995 9780571207992 291 24 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168047787m/29898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29898.The_Wars 4 0 false Mon Nov 10 20:30:41 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 08 22:02:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 29898 0571207995 9780571207992 291 24 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168047787m/29898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29898.The_Wars 4 0 false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri May 30 09:15:38 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 08 20:24:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1019004 0140050116 9780140050110 7 2 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1206803251m/1019004.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1019004.Wars 5 0 false Mon Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 11:28:17 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 11:59:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 823128 0143051423 9780143051428 27 3 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178695325m/823128.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/823128.The_Wars 4 0 false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 21 22:24:29 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 09 07:32:22 -0800 2008 The Wars was the flawless descriptive writing. Not one word is extraneous in this book. The writing is impeccable and Findley was clearly an intelligent and impressive writer whose book could stand up strongly on any English Literature reading list.

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