جنگ

by Sebastian Faulks, حسین کاظمی‌یزدی (Translator)

«يك زندگی چيست؟ چه ارزشی دارد؟» سربازی سر پست می‌خوابد و به احضار به دادگاه نظامی تهديد می‌شود. افسری كه در گل‌ها می‌خوابد برای جان خودش و افرادش می‌جنگد. مردی از روی پل واترلو رد می‌شود، در حالی كه در كوله‌پشتی‌اش بمب دارد و قلبش تند می‌زند. فوكس در اين كتاب بسيار تاثيرگذار چهره‌ی حقيقی جنگ را به ما نشان می‌دهد. داستان‌های اين كتاب داستان مرگ و بقاء، اميد و نوميدی و داستان انسان‌هايی عادی است كه زندگی‌شان ديگر مثل گذشته نخواهد شد. كتاب حاضر منتخبی است از جايی كه قلبم قبلا می‌تپيد هفته‌ای در دسامبر اثر سباستين فوكس

Genres: Fiction

164 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2019

About the author

Sebastian Faulks is a British novelist, journalist, and broadcaster best known for his acclaimed historical novels set in France, including The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Birdsong, and Charlotte Gray. Alongside these, he has written contemporary fiction, a James Bond continuation novel (Devil May Care), and a Jeeves homage (Jeeves and the Wedding Bells). A former literary editor and journalist, Faulks gained widespread recognition with Birdsong, which solidified his literary reputation. He has also appeared regularly on British media, notably as a team captain on BBC Radio 4's The Write Stuff, and authored the TV tie-in Faulks on Fiction. Honored as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and appointed CBE for his services to literature, Faulks continues to publish widely, with The Seventh Son released in 2023.

Reviews

[lexi · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 stars

Three small excerpts from Faulks’ novels ‘Birdsong’, ‘Where my Heart Used to Beat’ and ‘A Week in December’. 🕊🖤

“This is not a war, this is an exploration of how far men can be degraded.” 💣

Spanning the trecherous trenches of World War One, Dunkirk and Allied landings in Italy during the Second World War as well as the terrorist attacks on London in 2007, we follow the different experinces and emotions war evokes among those it’s lecherous grasp encircles - no matter what they are fighting for, whether it be religious motivations or even whether they find no purpose in the seemingly endless warfare - there remains a weaving thread of fear throughout each man’s experiences. A fear to make a man sick, to make him shiver and tremble, to make him selfish.

“he prayed, shamefully: let them die, but please God let me live.” 🙏

Faulks captures human emotion beautifully and by doing so immerses the reader in the minds of a soon-to-be terrorist, a young officer who feels he lacks what it takes to lead and an over-worked soldier who finds himself trapped in a completely unnatural inhuman reality which calls itself war.

“We had no giddy patriotism or hopes of a swift ending; we were angry with the politicians and the diplomats who had once more failed us, worried that Europe would now be at war forever.”

“No child is born a soldier.” 👶👶🏼👶🏽👶🏾👶🏿

[Nadirah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating: 3.5

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pabaigiau skaityti lektuve ir tada ispyliau ant jos kava

[Zac · Rating 4 out of 5]

great little 120 page snippets of three of Faulks novels, all really engaging but hard to do a real assessment of the whole story from 40ish pages each. As a stand alone collection, great train read

[Sevinj Huseynova · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I bought this tiny book, I didn’t realize it contained excerpts from three different works by Sebastian Faulks. It's my first time reading his writing, and I’m immensely impressed. The way he captures human emotions during battle, the experience of losing a comrade, and the thought process of a wannabe jihadist is remarkably successful. I think I’ll need to read more of Faulks' work.

[Lukas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great excerpts of three of Faulks books giving a vivid insight into the personal experience of war. Highly recommended reading.

[A_Chirping_Aquarian · Rating 1 out of 5]

It so good

[Jamad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picked this up at the library a week or so ago. Read it over the weekend…given the current state of play it was a tough read.

[Istiningdyah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wrap-Up review

[Bookworm with Kids · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is three excerpts from Faulk's books around the theme of war. Here is the dirt and the gore of war from World War I to the present day terrorist with a bomb in his backpack. It is powerfully written.