Johnny Got His Gun
$32.66
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2015
Summary
Plt;bPgt;The Searing Portrayal Of War That Has Stunned And Galvanized Generations Of ReadersPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;An immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Dalton TrumboP#8217;s stark, profoundly troubling masterpiece about the horrors of World War I brilliantly crystallized the uncompromising brutality of war and became the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era. With a compelling new foreword by fellow award-winning writer E. L. Doctorow, Plt;iPgt;Johnny Got His GunPlt;/iPgt; is an undisputed classic of antiwar literature thatP#8217;s as timely as ever.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;A terrifying book, of an extraordinary emotional intensity.P#8221;–Plt;iPgt;The Washington PostPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Pquot;Powerful. . . an eye-opener.Pquot; –Michael MoorePlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Pquot;Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury amounting to eloquence.Pquot;–Plt;iPgt;The New York TimesPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Pquot;A book that can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it.Pquot;–Plt;iPgt;Saturday ReviewPlt;/iPgt;
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780806528472 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0806528478 |
| Author: | Dalton Trumbo |
| Publisher: | Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2015 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 150mm x 220mm |
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Dalton Trumbo
Plt;bPgt;Dalton Trumbo Plt;/bPgt;(December 9, 1905 P#8211; September 10, 1976) was among the most prolific and important literary figures of his time. One of the famous Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify about his alleged communist affiliations before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. Blacklisted from the film industry and charged with contempt of Congress, he served an eleven-month prison sentence.P#160; Plt;iPgt;Johnny Got His GunPlt;/iPgt;, the most highly acclaimed work of TrumboP#8217;s extraordinary career, won a National Book award (then known as an American Book Sellers Award) in 1939. The idea for the novel came to Trumbo after he learned of a British soldier who was seriously injured during World War I. In 2015 the acclaimed film P#8220;Trumbo,P#8221; starring Bryan Cranston, spurred renewed interest in the authorP#8217;s life and works.Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt; Plt;bPgt;E. L. DoctorowP#8217;sPlt;/bPgt; works of fiction include Plt;iPgt;Homer Pamp; LangleyPlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;The MarchPlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;Billy BathgatePlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;RagtimePlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;The Book of DanielPlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;City of GodPlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;Welcome to Hard TimesPlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;Loon LakePlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;WorldP#8217;s FairPlt;/iPgt;, Plt;iPgt;The WaterworksPlt;/iPgt;, and Plt;iPgt;All the Time in the WorldPlt;/iPgt;. Among his honors are the National Book Award, three National Book Critics Circle Awards, two PEN Faulkner Awards, the Edith Wharton Citation for Fiction and the presidentially-conferred National Humanities Medal. In 2009 he was short listed for the Man Booker International Prize honoring a writerP#8217;s lifetime achievement in fiction, and in 2012 he won the PEN Saul Bellow Award given to an author whose P#8220;scale of achievement over a sustained career places him in the highest rank of American Literature.P#8221; In 2013 the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the Gold Medal for Fiction.
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