The Enormous Room is a novel written by E. E. Cummings, first published in 1922. The book is a semi-autobiographical account of Cummings' time spent in a French prison during World War I. The story follows Cummings and his fellow inmates as they navigate the harsh conditions of prison life, including the brutal treatment they receive from the guards and the constant threat of disease and illness. Despite the difficult circumstances, Cummings finds moments of humor and camaraderie with his fellow prisoners, and he reflects ...
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The Enormous Room is a novel written by E. E. Cummings, first published in 1922. The book is a semi-autobiographical account of Cummings' time spent in a French prison during World War I. The story follows Cummings and his fellow inmates as they navigate the harsh conditions of prison life, including the brutal treatment they receive from the guards and the constant threat of disease and illness. Despite the difficult circumstances, Cummings finds moments of humor and camaraderie with his fellow prisoners, and he reflects on the nature of freedom, individuality, and human connection. The Enormous Room is a powerful and thought-provoking work that explores themes of war, imprisonment, and the human spirit.At any rate I passed a few remarks calculated to wither the by this time a little nervous bermensch; got up, put on some enormous sabots (which I had purchased from a horrid little boy whom the French Government had arrested with his parent, for some cause unknown--which horrid little boy told me that he had 'found' the sabots 'in a train' on the way to La Fert ) shook myself into my fur coat, and banged as noisemakingly as I knew how over to One-Eyed Dahveed's paillasse, where Mexique joined us. 'It is useless to sleep, ' said One-Eyed Dah-veed in French and Spanish. 'True, ' I agreed, 'therefore let's make all the noise we can.'This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original wor
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