Panther Soup: A European Journey in War and Peace - Couverture souple

Gimlette, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099502380 ISBN 13 : 9780099502388

Editeur : Arrow, 2009

Synopsis

Panther Soup By the end of World War II much of Western Europe was in chaos. The future of our world had been contested here, in the hinterlands of France and across the German plains. But what's become of the battlefields? Or the people that lived on them? With questions like these, this title sets off on a journey into the past. Full description

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Quatrième de couverture :

'A very special piece of travel writing. To journey past familiar European landmarks with someone who knew them in the post-war chaos of the 1940s is both moving and illuminating.' Tim Butcher, author of Blood River

By the end of World War II much of Western Europe was in chaos. The future of our world had been contested here, in the hinterlands of France and across the German plains. But what's become of the battlefields now? Or the people that lived on them? And is there any trace of the 2.7 million Americans who smashed their way into the Reich (or the 12 million that followed)? With questions like these, the award-winning travel writer John Gimlette, guided by WWII veteran Putnam Flint, sets off on an astonishing journey into the past.

'Gimlette has a gift for travel writing with details of the most intimate kind, the small change and ammunition of a soldier's life ... A subtle book, with telling testimony from the survivors of what it was actually like to fight a war with few rules.' Hugh Thomson, Independent

'An important book, reminding us of the links between old and new world, ideals and ideologies, war and peace in our phoenix-like continent. It is at once raw and erudite, deeply moving and strangely leisurely. It's also rich in black humour and insight.' Rory MacLean, Guardian

'One of the quirkiest, most thoughtful and illuminating books to have come my way in a long time ... Gimlette ranges far beyond his original remit into adventurous realms all his own.' Literary Review

Revue de presse :

"A very special piece of travel writing. To journey past familiar European landmarks with someone who knew them in the post-war chaos of the 1940s is both moving and illuminating" (Tim Butcher, author of Blood River)

"Gimlette has a gift for travel writing with details of the most intimate kind, the small change and ammunition of a soldier's life... A subtle book, with telling testimony from the survivors of what it was actually like to fight a war with few rules" (Hugh Thomson Independent)

"An important book, reminding us of the links between old and new world, ideals and ideologies, war and peace in our phoenix-like continent. It is at once raw and erudite, deeply moving and strangely leisurely. It's also rich in black humour and insight" (Rory MacLean Guardian)

"An original travel book, written in vigorous prose and exhaustively researched... it has at its heart a profound understanding of the "soup" - the chaos and madness - of war" (Daily Telegraph)

"As a born traveller and writer, he takes an epicurean pleasure in place and language" (Tom Fort Sunday Telegraph)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Arrow
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0099502380
• ISBN 13: 9780099502388
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432