First published in 1939, Dalton Trumbo's story of a young American soldier terribly maimed in World War I- he "survives" armless, legless, and faceless, but with mind intact- was an immediate bestseller. "Johnny Got His Gun" holds a place as one of the classic antiwar novels. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. “A book that can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it.” - Saturday Review Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury amounting to eloquence.” - New York Times “A terrifying book, of an extraordinary emotional intensity.” - The Washington Post Doctorow, Johnny Got His Gun-an undisputed classic of antiwar literature-as as timely as ever. And within the disfigured flesh that was once a vision of youth lives a spirit that cannot accept what the world has become.Īn immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Dalton Trumbo’s stark, profoundly troubling masterpiece about the horrors of World War I brilliantly crystallized the uncompromising brutality of war and became the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era. But one American soldier has paid a price beyond measure. It was the war to end all wars, the global struggle that would finally make the world safe for democracy-at any cost.
The searing portrayal of war that has stunned and galvanized generations of readers
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