Peace on the Western Front / Mattia Signori ; translated from the Italian by Vicki Satlow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Signorini, Mattia, 1980- author.

Contributor:

Satlow, Vicki, translator.

Standardized Title:

Piccola pace. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Christmas Truce, 1914--Fiction.

Christmas Truce, 1914.

World War, 1914-1918--Fiction.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

xiii, 163 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Manilla Press, 2025.

Summary:

1914. A boy enrols in the army, hoping to find peace in the great adventure of war. Handed a rifle, he discovers the grim reality: grey days distinguished only by the ever-present spectre of death. In the midst of horror, he finds close friendships, love and companionship. In an unexpected act of courage, he changes the course of history, bringing German and Brits to put down their weapons for a celebration of peace. In 1933, a father and son set out for Flanders. The former soldier carries more of the war with him than his maimed left hand. The British man he met in the forest of Ypres is a memory passed down from father to son, a story of friendship across enemy lines, forged by one uniting belief: the need for peace.

Notes:

This translation originally published: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781786583420

1786583429

OCLC:

1547940303

Publisher Number:

90104576255