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A Soldier of the Great War by Helprin, Mark is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Soldier of the Great War about?
For Alessandro Giullani, the young son of a prosperous Roman Lawyer, golden trees shimmer in the sun beneath a sky of perfect blue. At night the moon is amber and the city of Rome seethes with light. He races horses across the country to the sea, and in the Alps he practices the precise and sublime art of mountain climbing. At the ancient university in Bologna he is a student of painting and the science of beauty. And he falls in love. His is a world of adventure and dreams, of music, storm, and the spirit. Then the Great War intervenes. Half a century later, in August of 1964, Alessandro, a white-haired professor, still tall and proud, finds himself unexpectedly on the road with an illiterate young factory worker. As they walk toward Monte Prato, a village seventy kilometers distant, the old man tells the story of his life. How he became a soldier. A hero. A prisoner. A deserter. A wanderer in the hell that claimed Europe. And how he tragically lost one family and gained...
Who reads A Soldier of the Great War?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Helprin, Mark
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780151856008
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, History
- Rating
- 4.35 / 5 (208 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14