The Last Enemy - Couverture rigide

Hillary, Richard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0312470797 ISBN 13 : 9780312470791

Editeur : St Martins Pr, 1983

Synopsis

Unavailable for nearly thirty years, this unflinching autobiographical account of the training, combat experience, and convalescence of an RAF pilot was written just before the author's return to, and death in, combat

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

'One of the classic books of World War Two' London Review of Books

The Last Enemy is the story of Richard Hillary, one of Sebastian Faulks' three 'fatal englishmen'. In this extraordinary account the author details his experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, in which he was shot down, leading to months in hospital as part of Archibald McIndoe's 'Guinea Pig Club', undergoing pioneering plastic surgery to rebuild his face and hands. The Last Enemy was first published in 1942, just seven months before Hillary's untimely death in a second crash and has gone on to be hailed as one of the classic texts of World War Two.

'The Last Enemy rapidly acquired the aura of a book that says something vital, whose importance goes beyond what it literally describes' Sebastian Faulks

Revue de presse

"The Last Enemy rapidly acquired the aura of a book that says something vital, whose importance goes beyond what it literally describes" (Sebastian Faulks)

"This slim volume of Hillary's seems to have a weight which makes it sink into the depths of one's memory, while tons of printed bulk drift as flotsom on its surface" (Arthur Koestler)

"One of the classic books of World War Two" (Philip French London Review of Books)

"Rivetingly well told...It will still speak to anyone who cares for the romance and tragedy of a lost hero." (Godfrey Smith Sunday Times)

"Elegantly affecting memoir" (David Horspool The Times)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St Martins Pr
• Date d'édition: 1983
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312470797
• ISBN 13: 9780312470791
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible