Strange MeetingDavid R. Godine Publisher, 1992 - 182 pages Portrays the friendship of two young officers during World War I. Hilliard is a veteran of combat, a reserved and isolated young man who prefers the stark reality of the front line, where he follows orders and makes only simple decisions based on life or death, to the political and social complications of his previous existence in England. He is initially displeased to find he will be sharing quarters with a new officer, Barton, but he soon warms to the open honesty and affectionate nature of his room-mate. Barton causes him to re-evaluate his approach to the war, to family, and to his whole philosophy of living. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 17 |
Section 3 | 29 |
Section 4 | 32 |
Section 5 | 40 |
Section 6 | 54 |
Section 7 | 55 |
Section 8 | 73 |
Section 12 | 120 |
Section 13 | 131 |
Section 14 | 136 |
Section 15 | 140 |
Section 16 | 154 |
Section 17 | 169 |
Section 18 | 176 |
Section 19 | 181 |
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