Missing of the Somme

Name: Missing of the Somme
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ISBN: 9780307742971

ISBN-10: 0307742970

ISBN-13: 9780307742971

Edition: 2011

Authors: Geoff Dyer

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From one of our most beloved, original authors, a classic book never before published in the U.S.-a personal meditation on war and remembrance. Geoff Dyer has won fans writing about everything from jazz to D.H. Lawrence, from photography to neurotic enlightenment, from Cambodia to Rome.The Missing of the Somme, his remarkable book on the signifi cance of the First World War, is a gem for Dyer fans and history buffs alike. With his characteristic wit and insight, here Dyer weaves a network of myth and memory, photos and film, poetry and sculptures, graveyards, and ceremonies that illuminate our understanding of, and relationship to, the Great War.

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/9/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English

Geoff Dyer was born in Cheltenham in 1958. He currently lives in London.