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The Gallery (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781590170809)
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x"The first book of real magnitude to come out of the last war." --John Dos Passos
John Horne Burns brought The Gallery back from World War II, and on publication in 1947 it became a critically-acclaimed bestseller. However, Burns's early death at the age of 36 led to the subsequent neglect of this searching book, which captures the shock the war dealt to the preconceptions and ideals of the victorious Americans.
Set in occupied Naples in 1944, The Gallery takes its name from the Galleria Umberto, a bombed-out arcade where everybody in town comes together in pursuit of food, drink, sex, money, and oblivion. A daring and enduring novel--one of the first to look directly at gay life in the military--The Gallery poignantly conveys the mixed feelings of the men and women who fought the war that made America a superpower.
Author: John Horne Burns
ISBN-10: 1590170806
ISBN-13: 9781590170809
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2004
Pages: 342
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.20w x 0.78d
Review Citation(s):
Lambda Book Report 06/01/2004 pg. 36
By John Horne Burns
xJohn Horne Burns (1916-1953) attended Andover and Harvard and then served in military intelligence during World War II. He wrote two more novels after The Gallery--Lucifer With a Book and A Cry of Children--but both met with a cold critical reception. He drank himself to death in Florence while still in his thirties.
Paul Fussell (1924-2012) was the author of many books on war and twentieth-century culture, including The Great War and Modern Memory, which won the National Book Award. His memoir Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic chronicles the time he spent fighting with the 103rd infantry division in World War II.
Paul Fussell (1924-2012) was the author of many books on war and twentieth-century culture, including The Great War and Modern Memory, which won the National Book Award. His memoir Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic chronicles the time he spent fighting with the 103rd infantry division in World War II.
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