I hope the book comes in soon, sun surfer, and that you heal quickly and well.
The last chapter of Under Fire was also a disappointment to me. It is understandable that Barbusse included it when one considers that it was written before the war ended and when the outcome was far from certain. Barbusse wanted to make his points, although I thought he made them very well indeed in the stories without elaborating at the end.
I think that Under Fire is a great book with the most powerfully descriptive passages set during this terrible time that I have yet read.
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