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Chris Baldry, a British soldier in World War I, was sent home suffering from shell shock. Although he was not physically wounded, he had a fifteen year memory loss. He was remembering life as a young man at age 21. One wonders if he is better off in a mental state outside reality. If he is "cured", he will be sent back to the front--to flooded trenches, cannon fire, and dead bodies. Which situation is really a state of madness?
Rebecca West also reminds us that the families of the soldiers are de ...more
Rebecca West also reminds us that the families of the soldiers are de ...more
The Return of the Soldier was a mind-boggling look at the class system that existed in England (as in other countries) prior to the end of World War I. WWI was an awful war, but if any good came out of it, it was the abolishment of the class system that separated people into the sheltered elites and everyone else.
I thought this book was going to be an indictment on the ravages of WWI. Instead, it was an indictment on the attitudes of the idle rich concerning the working poor. At the very outset, ...more
I thought this book was going to be an indictment on the ravages of WWI. Instead, it was an indictment on the attitudes of the idle rich concerning the working poor. At the very outset, ...more
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