The Gallery (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A World War II ClassicBy John Horne Burns
Length17h 6m
About this audiobook
John Horne Burns's The Gallery is a formally daring novel of wartime Naples, set largely around the Galleria Umberto I during the Allied occupation. Composed as a sequence of portraits, monologues, and interlinked episodes, it abandons conventional plot for a modernist mosaic of soldiers, civilians, prostitutes, refugees, and displaced souls. Its style is lyrical, satirical, and unsparing, placing it among the major American literary responses to the Second World War while resisting triumphalist accounts of liberation. Burns drew directly on his own military service in Italy, where he worked as an army censor and observed the moral ambiguities of occupation at close range. Born in Massachusetts in 1916 and educated at Harvard, he brought to fiction both classical learning and a sharp eye for social hypocrisy. His outsider's sensitivity, including his awareness of suppressed desire and marginal lives, helped shape the novel's humane but disillusioned vision. The Gallery is recommended to readers interested in war literature that looks beyond battlefields to the psychic and cultural aftermath of conflict. It rewards those who value psychological depth, stylistic experiment, and morally complex testimony.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (1.2K)
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GenreAction and Adventure, Historical Fiction
Length17 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 1, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Scaramouche (Annotated)
23FIFTH PORTRAIT
2Introduction
24Momma
3Synopsis
25FIFTH PROMENADE
4Historical Context
26(Algiers)
5The Gallery
27SIXTH PORTRAIT
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6Entrance
28The Leaf
7FIRST PORTRAIT
29SIXTH PROMENADE
8The Trenchfoot of Michael Patrick
30(Naples)
9FIRST PROMENADE
31SEVENTH PORTRAIT
10(Casablanca)
32Giulia
11SECOND PORTRAIT
33SEVENTH PROMENADE
12Louella
34(Naples)
13SECOND PROMENADE
35EIGHTH PORTRAIT
14(Fedhala)
36Queen Penicillin
15THIRD PORTRAIT
37EIGHTH PROMENADE
16Hal
38(Naples)
17THIRD PROMENADE
39NINTH PORTRAIT
18(Casablanca-Algiers)
40Moe
19FOURTH PORTRAIT
41Exit
20Father Donovan and Chaplain Bascom
42Analysis
21FOURTH PROMENADE
43Reflection
22(Algiers)
44Memorable Quotes
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