• Title: Memoirs of an Infantry Soldier
• Author: Siegfried Sassoon
• Genre/Subject: WWI literature
• Publisher: Kindle
• Publication Date: 1930
• Start date: 10/22/2020
• Finish date: 10/22/2020

Review:

A superb semi-autobiographical memoir novel by the Great War soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon. I could not put this down for long periods, and then I would put it down, to let the poetry and imagery sink in.

Writing as 2nd Lieutenant Sherston, we see the horror of the front lines, and the sadness of a deserted England with the old people struggling to keep up appearances, while the youth and up to 50 years in some cases were being slaughtered in the mud of France and Belgium. My favorite line when he looks at the deserted and neglected cricket grounds and remarks that nobody was around even to wind the pavilion clock.

I realized partway through that this is part two of a trilogy, so I am going to read part 1 and then the conclusion right away so I don’t forget the threads and characters