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  • A Soldier of the Great War

  • Written by: Mark Helprin
  • Narrated by: David Colacci
  • Length: 31 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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A Soldier of the Great War

Written by: Mark Helprin
Narrated by: David Colacci
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Publisher's Summary

On his last long walk, septuagenarian war hero, deserter, and professor Alessandro Giuliani shares his past with an illiterate young factory worker, spinning a remarkable tale of heart-stopping escapes, of loves unrequited and won, of madmen, dwarfs, and mafiosi. But overshadowing all is his most miraculous and terrible adventure, the Great War: a surreal parade of horrors that devastated and defined Alessandro, yet enabled him to experience fully the magic and beauty of the absurd human comedy called life.
©1991 Mark Helprin (P)2007 BBC Audiobooks America
Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction War Military Heartfelt Italy
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What the critics say

"Extraordinary....a vast, ambitious, spiritually lusty, all-guzzling, all-encompassing novel." ( The New York Times Book Review)
"A rousing tale....riotous energy and sustained brilliance....Helprin lights his own way, in his ownsingular direction." ( Time)
"A gripping, poignant and universally relevant moral fable." ( Publishers Weekly)

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One of my favourites

Read the paperback till it wore out. The audio book was great.
They should really make this into a movie.

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