Alamein to Zem Zem
Keith Douglas author Richard Skinner editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Published:17th Apr '14
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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Alamein to Zem Zem by Keith Douglas is a remarkable, first-hand account of the Second World War in North Africa: 'Everything, from flowers carpeting the desert in winter to vanquished enemies, is seen with a poet's eye and the generosity of young.' (John Carey, the Guardian)
'This is the only book from the Second World War comparable with the first-war narratives of Sassoon, Blunden or Graves . . . When the battle of El Alamein began, the poet Keith Douglas was in Cairo with Divisional HQ. Eager not to miss the action, he took a truck and, against orders, drove to re-join his regiment. He served as a tank commander throughout the whole of the allied advance across North Africa, and Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) is his story. Boyishness and inexperience give it flash-bulb immediacy . . . Scenes of unforgettable pity and terror unfold . . . Everything, from flowers carpeting the desert in winter to vanquished enemies, is seen with a poet's eye and the generosity of youth.' John Carey, Guardian
This Faber Finds edition of Keith Douglas's classic work - originally published two years after his death in Normandy in 1944 - includes a new preface by the novelist Richard Skinner.
ISBN: 9780571315369
Dimensions: 216mm x 135mm x 12mm
Weight: 228g
172 pages
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