Under Fire (Barbusse novel)
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Under Fire: The Story of a Squad (French: Le Feu: journal d'une escouade) by Henri Barbusse (December 1916), was one of the first novels about World War I to be published. Although it is fiction, the novel was based on Barbusse's experiences as a French soldier on the Western Front. It was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1916. The novel is described as one of the earliest works of the Lost Generation movement[1] or as the work which started it;[2] the novel had a major impact on the later writers of the movement, namely on Ernest Hemingway[3] and Erich Maria Remarque.[4]
Author | Henri Barbusse |
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Original title | Le Feu: journal d'une escouade |
Translator | Robin Buss (2003) |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Genre | War Novel |
Publisher | Ernest Flammarion |
Publication date | December 1916 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 304 pp |
ISBN | 1-4264-1576-1 |
Barbusse wrote Le feu while he was a serving soldier. He claimed to have taken notes for the novel while still in the trenches; after being injured and reassigned from the front, he wrote and published the novel while working at the War Office in 1916.[5]