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| Title | : | A Midnight Clear |
| Author | : | William Wharton |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | June 30th 1999 by William Morrow Paperbacks (first published August 12th 1982) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. War. World War II |
William Wharton
Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 4.18 | 1456 Users | 72 Reviews
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Set in the Ardennes Forest on Christmas Eve 1944, Sergeant Will Knott and five other GIs are ordered close to the German lines to establish an observation post in an abandoned chateau. Here they play at being soldiers in what seems to be complete isolation. That is, until the Germans begin revealing their whereabouts and leaving signs of their presence: a scarecrow, equipment the squad had dropped on a retreat from a reconnaissance mission and, strangest of all, a small fir tree hung with fruit, candles, and cardboard stars. Suddenly, Knott and the others must unravel these mysteries, learning as they do about themselves, about one another, and about the "enemy," until A Midnight Clear reaches its unexpected climax, one of the most shattering in the literature of war.Mention Books In Pursuance Of A Midnight Clear
| Original Title: | A Midnight Clear |
| ISBN: | 1557042578 (ISBN13: 9781557042576) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | France,1944 Ardennes,1944(Belgium) |
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Ratings: 4.18 From 1456 Users | 72 ReviewsComment On About Books A Midnight Clear
World War II novel dealing with the revelation of the soldier's real feelings toward their enemies.
I enjoyed this.Wharton writes like he's sat there telling you a story: "I've got mud all over my boots and I'm slipping in the snow as I try to get to the foxhole" - that kind of thing. I like that approach.The story is a sad one, it's a short journey for the reader from "Band of Brothers"-style opening in the Ardennes, through an almost fairy tale period of snow-covered woodland and a ruined chateau, to a shocking conclusion which leaves the reader thinking "yeah, I can imagine how that's just
A not so fascinating (boring at times) story of a 6 American soldiers lost between the war madness and the harsh snowy reality in a German zone.. Though, Wharton definitely has an unique cuckoo style of exposing facts in a tragi-comic fashion.
3rd January 1999William WhartonA Midnight ClearI read this in the autumn, about the same time as Robert Greaves Goodbye to all that.Two wars, two intelligent young men sent out as cannon fodder. Greaves, the British upper middle class in the First World War and Wharton the American genius in the Second World War.Wharton tells a hard story with a romantic ending in a lighthearted American way. Greaves was bitter when he wrote his book, much more aware and much less willing to accept the waste of
I first read this book many years ago, in seventh grade during one of my earliest forays into war fiction. I must have affected me deeply because a few vivid scenes and images still stand out in my brain over 15 years later: a snowball fight between young German and American soldiers isolated in a forest (the Germans stuck sticks into their own snowballs to mimic the shape of their grenades), red crosses painted with blood to mimic medical personnel, frozen bodies "dancing" with one another, and
Wasn't what I was expecting. Had confused this book, unfortunately, with another (whose title escapes me), which is why I picked it up in the first place.I generally don't read books about war-time. However, that this novel points to the stupidities of war - not least those exercised in the selection or drafting of war-time personnel - makes it well worth the read.
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