The title, which hints at the poetry that breathes life into this true story of the Allied invasion of the beach at Anzio, Italy, in 1944, comes from a passage within the book told by a man assigned burial duty: "Quickly, the mound of earth disappears. A friend has gone. He has drunk his vessel of sadness. His battle is stilled." Woodruff's technique is to show that bloody struggle through the eyes of sol diers, statesmen, and civilians involved. Privileged viewers from afar, we see officers shooting pool before a ...
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The title, which hints at the poetry that breathes life into this true story of the Allied invasion of the beach at Anzio, Italy, in 1944, comes from a passage within the book told by a man assigned burial duty: "Quickly, the mound of earth disappears. A friend has gone. He has drunk his vessel of sadness. His battle is stilled." Woodruff's technique is to show that bloody struggle through the eyes of sol diers, statesmen, and civilians involved. Privileged viewers from afar, we see officers shooting pool before a major conference; we come close, peer into the thoughts of a corporal just before a bul let takes the top off his head; as if we were walking past, we stop for a mo ment to watch a poker game among enlisted men; we see an ambassador fretting over artifacts and men riding headlong into a German machine-gun nest. In Woodruff's war there are no hu man villains, only madness, an abstract insanity, a waste of such huge propor tions as to sober even a giddy man. A war.
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Add this copy of Vessel of Sadness to cart. $27.00, very good condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Southern Illinois University.
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Very good, poor. 23 cm, 190, DJ torn in rear with piece missing. Foreword by Martin Blumenson. A moving novel based on the author's experiences in a British infantry unitat Anzio. Originally privately published, the novel was then published in the United Kingdom; this is the First U.S. Trade publication.
Add this copy of Vessel of Sadness to cart. $37.88, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Southern Illinois University P.
Add this copy of Vessel of Sadness (Second Edition) to cart. $45.00, like new condition, Sold by JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BURLINGTON, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV PRESS.
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FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. HAS SOME MODEST RUB/WEAR TO THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS, A SHORT REMAINDER MARK TO BASE OF THE TEXT BLOCK, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY OF THIS HIGHLY PRAISED NOVELIZED MEMOIR OF MEN AT WAR THAT HAS BEEN HAILED AS A CLASSIC OF WAR LITERATURE. AFTER THE PRIVATELY PRINTED KALLMAN EDITION, THIS BOOK WAS THEN FIRST PUBLISHED IN A TRADE EDITION IN ENGLAND IN 1970 BY CHATTO & WINDUS, THEN REISSUED IN 1978 BY SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS WITH A FOREWORD BY MARTIN BLUMENSON, AND FINALLY IN 1987 THE SIU EDITON WAS REPRINTED BY HARPER & ROW.