(first published 1925)
Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936)
Language: English
Helen Turrell’s life has been one of respectability and duty, and she adopts and raises her illegitimate nephew upon her scapegrace brother’s death. When the young man’s promising future is cut short by the First World War, Helen travels to his grave for a final meeting.
(Summary by Newgatenovelist)
(first published 1927)
Joseph Roth (1894 – 1939)
Language: German
Franz Tunda führt zu Zeiten des 1. Weltkrieges, der ihn ziemlich aus der Bahn wirft, ein bewegtes Leben, das ihn unter anderem nach Baku, Wien und Paris führt, immer auf der Suche nach dem Sinn des Lebens, der Liebe und seinem Platz in der Gesellschaft. Seine Reise wird zu einer Flucht ohne Ende. (Zusammenfassung von Boris)
(first published 1924)
Saki – Hector Hugh Munro ( 1870-1916)
Language: English
Eight amusing short pieces by Hector Hugh Munro (pen name Saki) who died in the First World War, collected and published posthumously in 1924.
The eponymous first story although humorous includes some indications of the horror of trench warfare. Though Munro was over the age of conscription he volunteered to fight. Rothay Reynolds in an appreciation of Munro written for an earlier posthumous collection quoted the officer in command of the 22nd Royal Fusiliers (Saki’s regiment):