Timothy Findley
Paperback | Pages: 218 pages Rating: 3.88 | 7507 Users | 372 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Wars |
| ISBN: | 0571207995 (ISBN13: 9780571207992) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Governor General's |
| Literary Awards: | / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général |
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Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, went to war - the War to End All Wars. He found himself in the nightmare world of trench warfare; of mud and smoke, of chlorine gas and rotting corpses. In this world gone mad, Robert Ross performed a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death. The Wars is quite simply one of the best novels ever written about the First World War.Particularize Of Books The Wars
| Title | : | The Wars |
| Author | : | Timothy Findley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 218 pages |
| Published | : | August 20th 2001 by Faber and Faber (first published 1977) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Canada. Classics. War. Literature. Canadian Literature |
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Ratings: 3.88 From 7507 Users | 372 ReviewsComment On Of Books The Wars
The Wars by Timothy Findley is one of my favorite novels.Written in 1977, the title of the novel refers both to WW1 and the psychological effects of warfare on the psyche of our protagonist Robert Ross. The war within the war so to speak.Robert is from Lethbridge Alberta and the novel follows him as a 17 year old on the prairie, then through the war in France and continuing with his leave and convalescence in England. Back home Robert is raised by a cold mother and a more caring father. After aBeauty and pain. Pathos and prosaic passion. Heartrending, compassionate, truth. No one says it like Tiff did. "It's the ordinary men and women who've made us what we are. Monstrous, complacent and mad" (Pg15). "Staring down expressionless, he watched as his reflection was beaten into submission by the rain" (Pg18)."All of these actors were obeying some kind of fate we call 'revenge'. Because a girl had died -- and her rabbits had survived her" (Pg23).Findlay structures characters, narrative and
Canadian attitudes towards war are strangely more encapsulating than American attitudes. There seems no definitive pride in victory; only in living.
I had to read this for my grade 12 English class, and I have to say that it is, without a doubt, one of the worst books I have ever read. It has horrible pacing, and no consistency as to the "Voice" telling the story. It was supposed to be told from the point of view of a historian, but there was often detail in scenes that the historian couldn't have access to (IE rape scene), Directly followed by a scene that was glossed over that should have been given more time (IE the entire last chapter)
I hate reviewing Timothy Findley books. The reason is, I'm always at a loss for words because of how emotionally straining it is to read one of his novels. I hate rereading my review of "Not Wanted on the Voyage" because I realize that my words don't do justice to his books, (and most of my review was a rant about Margaret Atwood.)Let's not get off track. I'll try to express my feelings about this book as coherently as I can. I'm on such an emotional high from finishing the book, that I feel
For the First World War few good novels have been written, of which this book despite its quality seems to be one of the least known and popular. This I think I can understand it to some extent, the book is certainly not easy, it takes effort to appreciate it and it is characterized by a first half that is rather sluggish and most of it is not done to attract the reader's interest .Of course, this change in the second half when our hero, a sensitive 19-year-old Canadian, is involved in combat
Simply one of the best novels ever, this is a stunning read because it immerses the reader so completely into the experience of Robert Ross that it's hard to extract oneself afterward. I found myself thinking and seeing and imagining the way he does for a long while after I had finished the book--or it had finished with me for the time being. For some reason there are a great many books that are ostensibly about the Great War (WWI), including Birdsong and The Ghost Road and Goodbye To All That,
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