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- Publisher: Random House Inc
- ISBN: 0385093306
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100106105
- Release Date: June 1, 1957
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #90420 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #2541 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
- #83 in Literary (See Top 100 Literary Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Good-Bye to All That" by Robert Graves to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Good-Bye to All That"Browse more products related to "Robert Graves"Review"Never was a title more fervently meant: as he put it, the book dealt with 'what I was, not what I am.' Its tone is one of blunt irreverence; by writing it, he was shedding his past, and turning his back on England and what he saw as the hypocrisy of its values and public institutions. He wrote it as one who had survived the tyrannies of conventional schooling and the dehumanizing horrors of the trenches, and no book of his did more to imprint his name on the public." Publisher's noteIn this autobiography, first published in 1929, poet Robert Graves traces the monumental and universal loss of innocence that occurred as a result of the First World War. Written after the war and as he was leaving his birthplace, he thought, forever, Good-Bye to All That bids farewell not only to England and his English family and friends, but also to a way of life. Tracing his upbringing from his solidly middle-class Victorian childhood through his entry into the war at age twenty-one as a patriotic captain in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, this dramatic, poignant, often wry autobiography goes on to depict the horrors and disillusionment of the Great War, from life in the trenches and the loss of dear friends, to the stupidity of government bureaucracy and the absurdity of English class stratification. Paul Fussell has hailed it as ""the best memoir of the First World War"" and has written the introduction to this new edition that marks the eightieth anniversary of the end of the war. An enormous success when it was first issued, it continues to find new readers in the thousands each year and has earned its designation as a true classic. AnnotationRobert Graves, English novelist, poet and essayist, describes the events of his youth, and how he came--along with the rest of the world--to the end of his innocence during World War I. If You Enjoy "Good-Bye to All That (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Good-Bye to All That (Paperback)" by Robert Graves (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Literary Bestsellers
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