The Middle Parts of Fortune
Author: Manning, Frederic
ISBN: 9780141393414
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 28 May 2014
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
A moving, raw and powerful novel about fighting on the front, re-issued to tie in with the WW1 centenary
Bourne is a private fighting on the front. He is under pressure to accept a commission and become an officer, but he prefers to be among the ranks, drawn into the universal struggle for survival in a world gone mad.
Manning's startling work is unlike any other First World War novel in its portrayal of the lives of ordinary British soldiers: the trauma of the Somme; the moments of bloodlust; the camaraderie, rivalry, alcohol and boredom. Considered obscene for its language and previously published in censored form as Her Privates We, The Middle Parts of Fortune appears here in its raw, unexpurgated version.
ISBN: 9780141393414
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 28 May 2014
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
A moving, raw and powerful novel about fighting on the front, re-issued to tie in with the WW1 centenary
Bourne is a private fighting on the front. He is under pressure to accept a commission and become an officer, but he prefers to be among the ranks, drawn into the universal struggle for survival in a world gone mad.
Manning's startling work is unlike any other First World War novel in its portrayal of the lives of ordinary British soldiers: the trauma of the Somme; the moments of bloodlust; the camaraderie, rivalry, alcohol and boredom. Considered obscene for its language and previously published in censored form as Her Privates We, The Middle Parts of Fortune appears here in its raw, unexpurgated version.
