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by: Marge Piercy
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780449215579
ISBN: 0449215571
Label: Fawcett
Manufacturer: Fawcett
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 800
Publication Date: April 12, 1988
Publisher: Fawcett
Release Date: April 12, 1988
Sales Rank: 281060
Studio: Fawcett
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Product Description:
In a stunning tour-de-force, Marge Piercy has woven a tapestry of World War II, of six women and four men, who fought and died, worked and worried, and moved through the dizzying days of the war. A compelling chronicle of humans in conflict with inhuman events, GONE TO SOLIDERS is an unforgettable reading experience and a stirring tribute to the remarkable survival of the human spirit.
'Panoramic...This is a sweeping epic in the best sense.'
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - So good, they can't make a movie of it
This book has to be read more than once to catch all the nuances....great stories, interesting perspective on "regular" folks of the period (hot socialist divorcee authors? Bisexuality? Cloak and Dagger? Jews -vs-Poles in Detroit)...just great writing. I've found this to be the only one of her books I could read, but it's wonderful.
Rating:  - If you loved Gone With the Wind
I rarely read sagas, but since several friends recommended this, I gave it a try. Now I remember why I'm usually careful about which ones I read. It doesn't help when many of the characters are just plain not likeable. Oscar and Abra? Eeeeuwww!!!! Daniel and Gloria? Eeeeuwww!!!! Zach and Bernice? Gross!!!! I guess if you think World War II was about desperate people having sex this book is for you. Plus the coincidence of characters crossing was beyond belief. In the context of this being a "serious ... Read More
Rating:  - Outworn worldview shows its age
Written in the heyday of the "feminist" novel, Marge Piercy's "Gone to Soldiers" presents a snapshot of American history - only it's not the history we're led by the jacket blurbs to expect. Instead, it's a framework of late 20th century feminist dogma about life and people projected backward in time and super-imposed over the events of WWII.
All the obligatory sterotypes are here: the intelligent, creative woman denied her rightful self-actualization and fulfillment by imprisoning family ... Read More
Rating: - You will read it, if not be thankful for this book
Marge Piercy is a writer I admire. As a person I admire her more. She has done a lot for writers, particularly women and minority writers. This book helped because the sales from the book and different rights for movies and TV mini series that were never made helped Marge obtain financial independence for her modest life, so she can devote more of it to writing, her spiritual and social vision, and less of it to teaching classes and doing poetry reading for cash.
This book isn't going ... Read More
Rating:  - Entertaining and enjoyable, but light.
If you are looking for a soap opera, you will like this book. The storyline is interesting, but the background of WWII is an interesting canvas. The book is very long (nearly 800 pages) and much of it is fluff. It can become tedious. Fortunately, it is divided into chapters by character, so if you don't connect with one you can skim their chapters and focus on others.
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