{"product_id":"under-fire-henri-barbusse-9781684220915","title":"Under Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnder Fire: The Story of a Squad \u003c\/em\u003ewas one of the first novels about World War I to be published. Although it is fiction, the novel was based on Barbusse's experiences as a French soldier on the Western Front. The novel takes the form of journal-like anecdotes which the unnamed narrator claims to be writing to record his time in the war. It follows a squad of French volunteer soldiers on the Western front in France after the German invasion. The book opens and ends with broad visions shared by multiple characters but beyond these the action of the novel takes place in occupied France. The anecdotes are episodic, each with a chapter title. The best-known chapter, \"The Fire\", describes a trench assault from the Allied (French) trench across No-Man's Land into the German trench. In contrast to many war novels which came before it, \u003cem\u003eUnder Fire\u003c\/em\u003e describes war in gritty and brutal realism. It is noted for its realistic descriptions of death in war and the squalid trench conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henri Barbusse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684220912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684220915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Martino Fine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.82d","brand":"Henri Barbusse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485844713727,"sku":"9781684220915","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_615313a7-909a-41f8-80d1-778db96f52b5.jpg?v=1778051986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/under-fire-henri-barbusse-9781684220915","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}