A Soldier of the Great War
- A Soldier of the Great War
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name = A Soldier of the Great War
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author = Mark Helprin
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = War novel
publisher = Harcourt
pub_date = May 1991
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 804 pp
isbn = ISBN 978-0151836000
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"A Soldier of the Great War" (1991) is a novel by Mark Helprin concerning an aged WWI veteran who recounts his life and adventures while traveling with a young man he meets after the two of them are thrown off a bus, the former leaving after the latter is refused entry, as the older man marches toward a visit with his daughter, neither knowing the outcome of their journey.
Literary significance and reception
:"Energetic prose, poetic images of great intensity and an antic imagination combine in this gripping moral fable narrated by a septuagenarian irrevocably altered by WW I. This BOMC main selection was on PW's hardcover bestseller list for eight weeks." [cite web | title=Publishers Weekly, May 1991 | last= | first= | work=quoted at | url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780151836000 | date= | accessdate=2008-02-07 ]
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