Harry Parker

Anatomy of a Soldier

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Captain Tom Barnes is leading British troops in a war zone. Two boys are growing up there, sharing a prized bicycle and flying kites, before finding themselves separated once the soldiers appear in their countryside. On all sides of this conflict, people are about to be caught up in the violence, from the man who trains one boy to fight the infidel invaders to Barnes's family waiting for him to return home.We see them not as they see themselves, but as all the objects surrounding them do: shoes and boots, a helmet, a trove of dollars, a drone, that bike, weaponry, a bag of fertilizer, a medal, a beer glass, a snowflake, dog tags, an exploding… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-571-32583-2
EAN: 9780571325832
Produktnummer: 20751822
Verlag: Faber & Faber
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Masse: H19.9 cm x B12.8 cm x D2.0 cm 247 g
Gewicht: 247

Über den Autor

Harry Parker grew up in Wiltshire. He joined the British Army when he was 23 and served in Iraq in 2007 and Afghanistan in 2009 as a Captain. He is now a writer and artist and lives in London.