Erwin Ferrebus từ Слободка, Belarus

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05/18/2024

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2018-07-17 18:30

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Believe it or not, I read this novel when I was in the 5th grade--I got it as a birthday gift from a friend in my class. It was the first real big book I ever tackled & I believe I'm better for it. Not only is it an excellent novel, but it is an excellent example of what a novel about soldiers & WWII can be. Fuller approaches his novel by telling it from the point of view of the squad's Sargent, who is a veteran of the Great War & designed the company's insignia from which the book derives its title. He is not portrayed as a hero with much praise & accolades thrust upon him wrapped in the stars & stripes--far from it. He is portrayed as a career soldier who is doing his job: fighting a war & helping his men survive by leading them through the countless meat grinders they find themselves in. It is not structured like a SGT. ROCK comic book, nor a anti-war statement--it is about the business of war & the men who willingly or unwillingly fight it. Furthermore, Fuller does not waste his prose on the military hardware the soldiers use--not giving us the background history to a Sherman tank or an M-1 carbine--instead he writes about the hardware which informs us about them in the manner in which they are used to conduct war. Brilliant. Then Fuller sets this WWII novel on a higher scale than others of its kind by showing a point of view from the enemy--a German Sargent to be exact--our main character's doppelganger in Werhmacht garb (not SS, thank God). Both the American & German counterparts have their own threads within the story, sometimes converging in battles, but never coming face-to-face till the novels end. Again, brilliant. Sam Fuller not only was a soldier but one of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers. When the film THE BIG RED ONE came out, I was happy to know I had read the novel first. It is great film too & I long to see its extended cut. Regardless, I still find the book to be way better & Fuller a solid writer as he is a filmmaker. I do not seek out novels about WWII or any other war for that matter. I'm not a die-hard war buff who has tech manuals about weapons of war--though, I am fascinated by war & its history (especially WWI). But I will say from reading this particular novel, I have read one of the greatest novels about war & the soldiers who fight them. It is one of the few novels I would read again if given the chance. It is also one of those few novels which has stayed with me throughout the years from the day I finished it. It's that good.

Người đọc Erwin Ferrebus từ Слободка, Belarus

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.