Henri Barbusse Un pacifiste en guerre

Published in 1916, Le Feu is the gripping testimony of a man who volunteered to fight on the front line. Henri Barbousse wanted to give a voice to his ­comrades and keep the memory of their suffering alive. A terribly realistic description of the fight and of life in the trenches, and an ode to ­comradeship, Le Feu is, beyond its socialist position, a key work of war literature.