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"Een officer, een menig" handler om den førende officers kvaler.
"Chickamauga" handler om de forfærdende følger på de civile af et angreb.
"Faldet
"Filosoffen Parker Adderson" handler om en spion der filosoferer over døden da det pludseligt bliver blodig alvor.
"Manden og slangen" handler om at angst for slanger kan være farligt.
"Den store Gilson-arvesag" handler om et smukt konstrueret testamente der sikrer at Mr. Gilson får et bedre eftermæle end fortjent.
Flere af fortællingerne har overraskende drejninger af plottet, selv om de har et noget konstrueret præg
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This revised edition of Ambrose Bierce's 1892 collection of "Soldiers" and "Civilians" tales fills a void in American literature. A veteran of the Civil War and a journalist known for his integrity and biting satire, Ambrose Bierce was also a lively short-story writer of considerable depth and power. As San Francisco's most famous journalist during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, Bierce was hired by William Randolph Hearst to write a column for San Francisco Examiner, where his "Soldiers" and "Civilians" tales first appeared during the late 1880s.By the standards of his day and ours, Bierce's journalism was often brilliantly insightful, viciously libelous, petty, and grand, frequently in the space of a single paragraph. This edition reveals the often compelling artistry of Bierce's original versions of the tales and the intentionally intricate design and scope of the original collection.… (more)
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UNLESS they have read this book
AND enlist to serve in the front lines.
If you're going to talk the talk, walk the walk.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 2:
In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
Ambrose G. Bierce (USA, 1842 – circa
Journalist · Writer • Civil War Soldier & Battle Veteran (1861-1866).
The sardonic view of human nature that informed his work – along with his vehemence as a critic, with his motto "nothing matters" – earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce."... though he was known to encourage younger writers ...
Bierce employed a distinctive style of writing, especially in his stories. This style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague references to time, limited descriptions, the theme of war, and impossible events.
Bierce is a master of the surprise ending. As a veteran of the American Civil War (and like many veterans) anger simmers just below the surface ... in his life and in his stories. - GR
SOLDIERS
1. A Horseman in the Sky
2. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
3. Chickamauga
4. A Son of the Gods
5. One of the Missing
6. Killed at Resaca
7. The Affair at Coulter's Notch
8. The Coup De Grâce
9. Parker Adderson, Philosopher
10. An Affair of Outposts
11. The Story of a Conscience
12. One Kind of Officer
13. One Officer, One Man
14. George Thurston
15. The Mocking-Bird
CIVILIANS
1. The Man Out of the Nose
2. An Adventure at Brownville
3. The Famous Gilson Bequest
4. The Applicant
5. A Watcher by the Dead
6. The Man and the Snake
7. A Holy Terror
8. The Suitable Surroundings
9. The Boarded Window
10. A Lady from Red Horse
11. The Eyes of the Panthe
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Omslaget er blot titel og forfatter sat op som tekst på en mønstret baggrund.
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Hasselbalchs Kultur-bibliotek, bind 31
Oversat fra amerikansk "Tales of soldiers and civilians" af Jørgen Claudi
Oversat fra amerikansk "One Officer, One Man" af Jørgen Claudi
Oversat fra amerikansk "Chickamauga" af Jørgen Claudi
Oversat fra amerikansk "Killed at Resaca" af Jørgen Claudi
Oversat fra amerikansk "Parker Adderson, Philosopher" af Jørgen Claudi
Oversat fra amerikansk "The Man and the Snake" af Jørgen Claudi
Oversat fra amerikansk "The famous Gilson bequest" af Jørgen Claudi
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