Download or read book The Wasted Generation written by Owen Johnson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-03 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Wasted Generation" is a book by Owen Johnson which is centered on a character David Littledale affected by the unexpected war and the circumstances that surround it. This book focuses on the reflection of David on his entire life; his once social life partying, searching for entertainment, and trying so hard not to be bored with life concerning his current situation at the center of the first world war. A book on self-reflection and self-discipline for both young and old.
Download or read book The Wasted Generation written by Silviu Brucan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My generation in Eastern Europe was caught in the middle of two revolutions (1944 and 1989), which instead of moving history ahead pushed it backward. We thus at first made a U-turn-a tortuous one, to be sure-from underdeveloped capitalism to underdeveloped socialism, but because socialism and underdevelopment are strange bedfellows,we have since discovered we were on the wrong path and are trying now to return to where we started. The drama of that generation is what this book is about.
Download or read book The Wasted Generation written by Owen Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wasted Generation written by Owen Johnson and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book The Wasted Generation written by Owen Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wasted Generation Classic Reprint written by Owen Johnson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Wasted Generation The record used to hang at the foot of my bed beside the fever chart and the record of Operations. From Chambery, here into a rest area, to put on flesh again, to quiet my jumping nerves and to fatten up for the return to the front. To-day I have no desire to hasten that return. I write it down frankly, - as I intend to keep honesty with myself and my impressions. There are other times when I feel the tug and fret to be back. It is my mood to-day, as war is a succession of nu related moods. This morning I ask no more of life than to continue here at my Open window in the buzzing month of August, looking down on a drowsy world in animal content. A pipe of tobacco and the noonday meal Pinard, pommes de terre frites, and perhaps a ragout with a touch of onions - all these simple joys to my keen senses seem the limit of human desires. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Wasted Generation written by Owen McMahon Johnson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Owen McMahon Johnson's 'The Wasted Generation' meticulously examines the odyssey of self-discovery within the context of monumental historical upheaval. In his portrayal of David Littledale, an American expatriate entrenched in the hedonism of France's privileged class pre-World War I, Johnson captures the dissonance between frivolous pre-war indulgence and the sobering realities of conflict. This novel, steeped in the philosophical reverberations of a world at a crossroads, distinguishes itself with a narrative that is as contemplative as it is a pointed critique of a society teetering on the brink of transformation. With a prose that conveys both the decadence of the era and the starkness of war, Johnson provides a unique literary window into a generation's existential reckoning. Johnson, an American author, drew from his personal observations of society and the changing tides of cultural values to inform his writings. His characters often reflect a deep disenchantment with their historical moment, mirroring the disillusionment that followed the Great War. 'The Wasted Generation' can be seen as Johnson's intimate understanding and commentary on the period's zeitgeist, encapsulating the perplexing journey from innocence to maturation against the backdrop of a world losing its youthful gleam to the grimness of war. Scholars and general readers alike will discover in Johnson's 'The Wasted Generation' a compelling portrait of a man, and by extension a society, grappling with the profound dislocations brought about by war. It is an essential read for those interested in the literary depictions of the early 20th-century zeitgeist and the universally relatable journey towards finding meaning amidst chaos. Johnson's novel remains not only a sober reflection on a critical historical moment but also a timeless meditation on the human condition and the quest for identity in a rapidly changing world.
Download or read book The Wasted Generation written by George Walton and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Col. Walton served in the planning section of the Selective Service System's national headquarters from 1957 until his retirement in 1964. Writing about the generation that came of military age during the fifties and Vietnam, Walton saw a decline in national morals, civility, and responsibility. The Army, he felt, could improve the "empty heads and wasted bodies" that now characterized American youth. Col. Walton's solution is a system of truly universal national service, military or civilian, for all men between the ages of 18 and 20. - Kirkus Review.
Download or read book A Generation Lost written by Zi-ping Luo and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wasted Generation written by Brandon Arment and published by . This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by perennial classics like Catcher in the Rye and On the Road, as well as contemporary wonders like A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and Fight Club, The Wasted Generation details the maturation of a young man as he faces the summer before he goes to college. From the suburbs of Denver, readers are led through the ecstatic days and nights of summer life of a youth who is new to every experience. Mayhem and madness course through the streets as dozens of characters are interweaved through the compassionate eye of a growing narrator. Playing on the speed and confusion of movement through fields and streets, readers are transported into the world of juvenile delinquency and crimes of passion through the eyes of youth.
Download or read book The Lost Generation written by Ernest Hemingway and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Generation: The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Death of a Hero by Richard Aldington, Under Fire: The Story of a Squad by Henri Barbusse. After the First World War, special people returned to their home towns from the front. When the war began, they were still boys, but duty forced them to defend the homeland. "Lost Generation" - as they were called. This concept is used today when we talk about writers who worked during the breaks between the First and Second World Wars, which became a test for all of humanity and were almost all beaten out of their usual, peaceful rut. One of the themes that commonly appears in the authors' works is decadence and the frivolous lifestyle of the wealthy. Writers of the lost generation raise in their works the problem of young people who returned from the war and did not find their home, their relatives. Questions about how to live, how to remain human, how to learn to enjoy life again - this is what is paramount in this literary movement. Table of Contents: 1. Ernest Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms 2. Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises 3. Francis Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby 4. Richard Aldington: Death of a Hero 5. Henri Barbusse: Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
Download or read book A Wasted Generation written by Adewole O. Adedokun and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According the author, this work was inspired by a comment credited to Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nigerian foremost playwright, poet, novelist, and Nobel laureate, describing the present generation of Nigeria as A WASTED GENERATION, and the activism of the Nigerian foremost and indefatigable human rights crusader, Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi. The novel is an expose of corruption in every segment of African society. It exposes the political, religious, educational, economical and moral decay and decadence in Africa. It satirizes the leadership mistrust and dissappointment.
Download or read book The Wasted Generation written by Silviu Brucan and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1993-09-27 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vivid memoir, Silviu Brucan traces half a century of East European history, bringing to life the drama of a generation caught between the 1944 communist revolution and the 1989 anticommunist revolution. Brucan himself was at the heart of political power from World War II through the formation of a new government after the overthrow of Nicolae Ceausescu. After participating in the antifascist underground movement in World War II, he became acting editor of Romania's leading communist daily. He served as Romania's ambassador to the United States and then as its ambassador to the United Nations. He later grew disenchanted with the Ceausescu regime, becoming a prime mobilizer of popular support for reform and subsequently one of the leaders of the National Salvation Front. Brucan's insider position gave him a unique perspective on the inner workings of the Gheorghiu-Dej and Ceausescu regimes as well as of the political machinations of Soviet and other East European leaders. He reveals for the first time the details - available nowhere else - of secret meetings between communist leaders: the 1944 conspiracy with King Michael against the German occupation; the extraordinary 1945 meeting between Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej and Joseph Stalin when the Soviet dictator decided that Georghiu-Dej and not Ana Pauker should lead the Romanian Communist Party; the secret mission assigned to Gheorghiu-Dej by Nikita Khrushchev during the 1956 revolution to install Janos Kadar as leader of the communist party; the 1958 Khrushchev-Gheorghiu-Dej meeting after a bear hunt in the Carpathians, which appeared to be a chat between two canny old peasants but concluded with Khrushchev's decision to withdraw Soviet troops from Romania; and Ceausescu's astute maneuver to seize power while Gheorghiu-Dej was on his deathbed. Brucan then recounts the real story behind the 1989 revolution, which was rooted in earlier plots to overthrow Ceausescu. He traces his own memorable transformation from staunch communist to outspoken critic of the regime, weaving his own story within the larger framework of his country's transformation and hopes for the future.
Download or read book The Parable of a Wasted Generation written by John Okwoeze Odey and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters From A Lost Generation written by Mark Bostridge and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing in the papers, not the most vivid and heart-rending descriptions, have made me realise war like your letters' Vera Brittain to Roland Leighton, 17 April 1915. This selection of letters, written between 1913 & 1918, between Vera Brittain and four young men - her fiance Roland Leighton, her brother Edward and their close friends Victor Richardson & Geoffrey Thurlow present a remarkable and profoundly moving portrait of five young people caught up in the cataclysm of total war. Roland, 'Monseigneur', is the 'leader' & his letters most clearly trace the path leading from idealism to disillusionment. Edward, ' Immaculate of the Trenches', was orderly & controlled, down even to his attire. Geoffrey, the 'non-militarist at heart' had not rushed to enlist but put aside his objections to the war for patriotism's sake. Victor on the other hand, possessed a very sweet character and was known as 'Father Confessor'. An important historical testimony telling a powerful story of idealism, disillusionment and personal tragedy.
Download or read book Wasted written by Mark Gauvreau Judge and published by Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cynicism and black humor underscore this memoir of alcoholism and subsequent recovery. Journalist Mark Judge candidly chronicles the twists and turns of his downward spiral of alcohol abuse and addiction and captures the ethos of a young generation often suspicious and alienated by the Twelve-Step approach of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Download or read book The Lost Generation written by Nidhi Dugar Kundalia and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2015-12-24 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Haridwar pandit who maintains genealogical records of families for centuries; a professional mourner who has mastered the art of fake tears; a letter writer who overlooks the lies that a sex worker makes him write to her family back home. These are remnants of an India that still exist in its old streets and neighbourhoods, an unshakeable sense of belonging to a time that was the everyday life of our ancestors. In The Lost Generation, Nidhi Dugar Kundalia narrates the unforgettable stories of eleven professionals—from the hauntingly beautiful rudaalis to the bizarre tasks of a street dentist—uncovering the romance, tragedy and old-world charm of India’s ageing bylanes and its incredible living history.
