Under Fire
work by Barbusse
Also known as: “Le Feu”
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Under Fire (Le Feu; journal d'une escouade), written by Henri Barbusse, is a significant novel from World War I. Awarded the Prix Goncourt, it offers a firsthand account of French soldiers' lives in the trenches. Barbusse's work aims to depict the collective experience of these soldiers and to denounce the horrors of war. The novel's unflinching portrayal of bloodshed and destruction led Barbusse to criticize society as a whole, influencing his later pacifist and Communist views.12
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