Chevallier, Gabriel: Fear

Name: Chevallier, Gabriel: Fear
Brand: Serpent's Tail
SKU: 978-1-84668-726-6
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First published in 1930, Fear graphically describes the terrible experiences of soldiers during World War I. It tells the story of Jean Dartemont, a young man called up in 1915. He is not a rebel, but neither is he awed by hierarchical authority. After an exceedingly short training period, he refuses to follow his platoon and is sent to Artois and the trenches. With absolute realism, Gabriel Chevallier depicts what he experienced every day, for months: violence, blood, death, bodies ... One day, he is wounded, evacuated and hospitalised. The nurses consider it their duty to stimulate the soldiers´ fighting spirit, and so ask Jean what he did at the front. He replies: ´I WAS AFRAID´.

ISBN: 978-1-84668-726-6

GTIN: 9781846687266

Über den Autor Chevallier, Gabriel

Gabriel Chevallier was a French novelist widely known as the author of the satire Clochemerle, which was written in 1934, translated into twenty-six languages and sold several million copies. Born in Lyon, Chevallier was called up at the start of World War I and wounded a year later, but returned to the front where he served as an infantryman until the war´s end. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre and Chevalier de la Legion d´Honneur. La Peur (Fear) first published in 1930 draws upon his own experiences and forms a damning indictment of the war. He died in 1969.