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Starred Review on September 1, 2014 | Fiction
Ayrton has achieved something very rare and powerful in this book, a brilliantly edited collection of fiction written about World War I from 47 male and female writers representing 20 different countries and speaking with great eloquence about the human condition and the madness of this war. In effect, we get to see firsthand the birth of the modern age that the war ushered in—the terrors and uncertainties; the dreadful technologies of destruction; and the wa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More