Line of Fire: Diary of an Unknown Soldier (August, September 1914) - Couverture souple

Barroux

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1907912398 ISBN 13 : 9781907912399

Editeur : Phoenix Yard Books, 2014

Synopsis

We need the voice of a witness to tell the unadulterated truth. We have it in this remarkable book. Michael Morpurgo

One winter morning, Barroux was walking down a street in Paris when he made an incredible discovery: the real diary of a soldier from the First World War. Barroux rescued the diary from a rubbish heap and illustrated the soldier's words. We don't know who the soldier is or what became of him. We just have his words, and in his own words and Barroux's extraordinary pictures, this is his story.

Our soldier recounts the first two months of the First World War, from the moment France officially declares war and mobilisation is announced, until early September 1914. His diary tells of the hope and the carnage; the long journeys and endless nights; the friendships, the horror and the hunger; the family he misses, the news he is anxious to receive; the sound of gunfire and the pain of swollen feet; the fear and the courage in the trenches; the sickness and the injuries; and a very narrow escape from death.

In this striking black and white graphic novel adaptation of a 100-year-old diary, the events of the first two months of WWI are vividly brought to life. This is one man's personal account of war, silhouetted against the historical events of 1914 that formed and transformed the world we live in today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Barroux lives in Paris and is a renowned and award-winning illustrator for children and adults. He has published over fifty picture books, including Mr Leon's Paris for Phoenix Yard Books. Barroux's work as a press cartoonist has appeared in the New York Times, Forbes Magazine and the Washington Post. Barroux's musical-drawing adaptation of Line of Fire has become a sell-out theatre show in France. Barroux alternates between reading the soldier's words and redrawing the pictures live, whilst a musician creates sound effects and plays music from the WWI era.

Sarah Ardizzone is an award-winning translator from the French, based in London. Sarah's other translations for Phoenix Yard Books include Little Red Hood, Mr Leon's Paris, I Have the Right to Be a Child and Hot Air.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Phoenix Yard Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1907912398
• ISBN 13: 9781907912399
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible