Author

Contributions

  • Vincent, Paul (Paul F.), translator - Contributor

Publication

2014 - Pushkin, England

Language

English

Word Count

91,000 words, Guess

Page Count

364 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781782270171
  • Open LibraryOL26452180M

Classifications

  • DDC839.3137
  • LCCPT6466.23.O676 G6313 2014
  • LCCPT6466.23.O676

Description

While the Gods Were Sleeping is a novel about the magnitude and impact of the First World War, the recollections of which are recorded in the notebooks of the elderly Helena. The young Helena is sent to her uncle's country house before the war, and from here she witnesses scenes of indescribable horror. But it is also where she meets Matthew again, a British Army photographer who she goes on to marry. This is a story not about spectacular events; rather, Mortier is concerned with writing about war, history and the past with great empathy and engagement, and with a mixture of melancholy, qualification and resignation.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • While the gods were sleepingPushkin2014-01-01

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