The Wars (Paperback, Main)

This semi-fictional account of World War I from the viewpoint of a young Canadian officer was first published in 1977 and has since become author Timothy Findley's most celebrated achievement. The novel begins with one terrifying, iconic image - a man on horseback, his clothes and hair on fire. From then on it's written almost like a psychological thriller, hinting at the fate of the court-martialled Robert Ross without revealing his 'crime' until the end of the novel. His story unfolds through a series of flashbacks, interview transcripts and journal entries. It traces his life from a dysfunctional upbringing in Toronto through the living hell of the trenches, abuse by his fellow soldiers, a friendship with a child and a grim love affair with an icy aristocrat, to arrive at last at the act of compassion which leads to his destruction. Findlay used family papers and photographs as the basis of the novel, which has at its centre both the ruin of a generation and the sacrifice of one man's innocence. Elemental imagery suffuses the telling: the fires of destruction, the drowning mud, the poisoned winds and sulphurous rains. One of the great novels of war from a sensitive and elegant writer. (Kirkus UK)

Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, went to war - the War to End All Wars. He found himself in the nightmare world of trench warfare; of mud and smoke, of chlorine gas and rotting corpses. In this world gone mad, Robert Ross performed a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death.The Wars is quite simply one of the best novels ever written about the First World War.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2001
Authors:	Timothy Findley
Dimensions:	200 x 125 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	240
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-20799-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction > First World War fiction
LSN:	0-571-20799-5
Barcode:	9780571207992

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