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Tales from the parlour and the trenches
By Gregorio Giungi
Length7h 43m
About this audiobook
“Tales from the parlour and the trenches” tells the true story of Enea Milesi. More than just a biography – tragic and intense - of a character whose life in Italy straddles the 19th and 20th centuries, this is an historical novel in which the protagonist’s emotions and personal struggles become a pretext for depicting, in a politically incorrect manner, the events of the First World War.
Fought in the chaos of Italy’s trenches and the country’s military unpreparedness the war is a “Great Fair of Human Flesh”. Enea, a young man on the brink of adulthood, leaves for the front in 1916 armed with spartan determination following his brother’s death in action. He survives the conflict distinguishing himself by his bravery and military skill, but returns from the trenches of Northern Italy a changed man.
The Second World War ensues and Enea “suffers through it as a civilian” in constant fear for the life of his wife and children and the safety of his property. In the years that follow he faces the inevitable epilogue of his own existence.
“Tales from the parlour and the trenches” opens a window on a man’s private and intimate life, on his relationships and family dramas, against a backdrop of warfare. Enea shares with his fellow soldiers “bread, blood, danger and shit” and his story is both an unforgettable tableau of a lost age and a moving testimonial from a generation that knew how to smile in the face of death.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length7 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 21, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
14WAR!
2Dedication
15A RECRUIT IN VENICE
3Citation
16‘LA FASULLA’ CHRONICLES
4PROLOGUE
17CAPORETTO
5BEGINNINGS
18AN OFFICER OF THE KING
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6SANTA LUCIA
19IN THE ‘REAL WAR’
7AFTERWARDS
20A REARGUARD MAN
8THE BICYCLE DAYS
21‘VICTORY, GOOD GOD!’
9CONSTANTINOPLE
22INTERLUDE
10TURIN DAY AND NIGHT
23AND AGAIN…
11‘L’AMOUR, LE DOUX SOUFFRIR…’
24MY WATCH AND HUNGARY
121914
25ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
13RETURN TO THE NEST
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