Officers and gentlemen
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In the novel “Officers and Gentlemen” (1955), the action of which unfolds during the Second World War in London, in the Hebrides, in Alexandria and in Crete, the English writer Ivlin talks about the fate of Lieutenant Gai Cruchbek, who was serving in the royal corps of the halongers. Known for its tendency to pass the killer-ironic sentences not only from delicious characters, but also to the entire classes, the author remains true to himself: the beauty and pride of Britain-its army-is in front of his merciless satirical gaze. Life and morals of the military environment, with its bureaucracy, careerism, official reading and corruption, stupidity, spraying, cowardice and sometimes meaningless cruelty of officers who think of themselves with the “builders of the empire,” challenging the romantic ideals of Crouchbek, who strives to become a real soldier, and little by little They bring him to the awareness of the illusoryness of his dreams of valor, exploits, heroism and serving the Fatherland
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:newspaper
Series:
Series: ABC-classic (Pocket -book)
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-19363-5
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