Philip Child – författare

A new edition of Philip Child’s great Canadian novel of the First World War.A horrifying description of war, specifically embodied in the vain and inglorious futility of the First World War, God’s Sparrows is a novel rich in compassion and firm in its faith in the human spirit. Philip Child created a Canadian family saga, a modern pilgrim’s progress in which individuals surmount the corrosive effects of brutality, maintaining their ability to love and endure under the most agonizing circumstances. His book, first published in 1937, remains as a stirring testimony to that ability. It offers profound insight into the experience of the First World War, not just as a catastrophe affecting his characters but as a crucible in which the whole of this nation found itself tried.

A new edition of Philip Child’s great Canadian novel of the First World War.A horrifying description of war as embodied in the vain and inglorious futility of World War I, God’s Sparrows is a novel rich in compassion and firm in its faith in the human spirit. Philip Child created a Canadian family saga that is still raw a lifetime later.As his characters struggle to maintain their humanity under agonizing circumstances, Child’s book, first published in 1937, remains stirring testimony to their resilience. It offers profound insight into the experience of the Great War, as not just a global catastrophe, but also as a crucible in which the whole of his nation found itself tested.