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The salt of the earth / JoÌzef Wittlin ; translated from the Polish by Patrick John Corness.
Van Pelt Library PG7158.W55 S613 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wittlin, JoÌzef, 1896-1976, author.
- Standardized Title:
- SoÌl ziemi. English
- Language:
- English
- Polish
- Subjects (All):
- Social aspects.
- Draftees.
- Draftees--Fiction.
- Soldiers--Fiction.
- Soldiers.
- World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--Fiction.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Fiction.
- Genre:
- War fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 349 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pushkin Press, 2018.
- Language Note:
- First published as: SoÌl ziemi in Warsaw, 1935.
- Summary:
- At the beginning of the twentieth century the villagers of the Carpathian mountains lead a simple life, much as they have always done. The modern world has yet to reach the inhabitants of this remote region of the Habsburg Empire. Among them is Piotr, a bandy-legged peasant, who wants nothing more from life than an official railway cap, a cottage, and a bride with a dowry. But then the war reaches the mountains and Piotr is drafted into the army. All the weight of imperial authority is used to mould him into an unthinking fighting machine, forced to fight a war he does not understand, for interests other than his own.The Salt of the Earth is a classic war novel and a powerfully pacifist tale about the consequences of war for ordinary men.-- Provided by publisher.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781782274704
- 1782274707
- OCLC:
- 1064661484
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