Focul. Jurnalul unei grupe de lupta

De Henri Barbusse

In jurul mortilor roiesc scrisorile care, in timp ce erau depusi pe pamant, au alunecat din buzunare sau din cartusiere. Pe unul din aceste albe petice de hartie care bat din aripa in vant, dar pe care noroiul le tine incleiate, citesc, aplecandu-ma putin, aceasta fraza: „Dragul meu Henri, ce vreme frumoasa e de ziua ta.” Omul e pe burta: are salele spintecate de la un sold la celalalt printr-o brazda adanca: capul e pe jumatate intors; se vede ochiul scobit, in timp ce pe tampla, pe obraz si pe gat a crescut un fel de mucegai verde. FOCUL- Un impresionant si realist roman de razboi al celebrului autor francez Henri Barbusse.

• Limbă: Română
• Editor: Aldo Press
• Data lansării: 22 oct. 2012
• ISBN: 9789737011794

Henri Barbusse

Henri Barbusse (1873–1935) enlisted in the French army in 1914 and served against Germany in World War I. Invalided out of the army three times, he served in the war for seventeen months, until the end of 1915, when he was permanently moved into a clerical position due to pulmonary damage, exhaustion, and dysentery. Barbusse first came to fame with the 1917 publication of his novel Le Feu (translated by William Fitzwater Wray as Under Fire), which was based on his experiences during World War I. By this time, Barbusse had become a pacifist, and his writing demonstrated his growing hatred of militarism. He then moved to Moscow for a time, married a Russian woman, and joined the French Communist Party.