Non-Combatants and Others

Macaulay, R.

ISBN 10: 0413602303 / ISBN 13: 9780413602305

Published by Penguin Random House, 1986

About this Item

Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Non-Combatants and Others
• Publisher: Penguin Random House
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0413602303
• ISBN 13: 9780413602305
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.507 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Rose Macaulay’s powerfully felt pacifist novel of World War I records the suffering and passion of Alix Sandomir’s rebellion against the foolishness of her fellow noncombatants. The year is 1915, and Alix moves from her cousins’ home in the country to the suburban villa "Violette" with its impervious, engrossed household. There a gallery of preoccupied characters, drawn with all Rose Macaulay’s wit and observation, distract Alix from the frustrations and impotence of her position. But when she learns the truth about the death of her younger brother on the front line she becomes increasingly aware of the ineffective role of women in war. Angered by her own ineffectualness Alix finally begins her battle for peace.

About the Author

Rose Macaulay (1881–1958) was one of the most popular satirical novelists of her day and the author of 39 books, including The Towers of Trebizond, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and They Were Defeated. Sarah LeFanu is the author of In the Chinks of the World Machine: Feminism and Science Fiction 1840–1985 and the biography Rose Macaulay.