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When World War I erupts, a carefree Roman student is thrust into the turmoil of the conflict, forever altering his life. Decades later, a frail, forty‑year‑old, illiterate factory worker visits him in a modest apartment. The veteran, now an older man, shares the triumphs and tragedies of his existence, reflecting on love, loss, and the passage of time in the aftermath of war.
First publish date: January 1920
Genre: War & Military Fiction/World War I Fiction
Authors: Mark Helprin
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