{"product_id":"a-moment-of-war-paperback","title":"A Moment of War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurie Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping memoir of the Spanish Civil War with \"the plainness of Orwell but the metaphorical soaring of a poem . . . An extraordinary book.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn December 1937 I crossed the Pyrenees from France--two days on foot through the snow. I don't know why I chose December; it was just one of a number of idiocies I committed at the time.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Such was Laurie Lee's entry into the Spanish Civil War. Six months after the Nationalist uprising forced him to leave the country he had grown to love, he returned to offer his life for the Republican cause. It seemed as simple as knocking on a farmhouse door in the middle of the night and declaring himself ready to fight. It would not be the last time he was almost executed for being a spy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In that bitter winter in a divided Spain, Lee's youthful idealism came face to face with the reality of war. The International Brigade he sought to join was not a gallant fighting force, but a collection of misfits without proper leadership or purpose. Boredom and bad food and false alarms were as much a part of the experience of war as actual battle. And when the decisive moment finally came--the moment of him or the enemy--it left Lee feeling the very opposite of heroic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Moment of War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the final volume in Laurie Lee's acclaimed autobiographical trilogy--preceded by \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCider with Rosie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e--is a clear-eyed and vital snapshot of a young man, and a proud nation, at a historic crossroads.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771473199392,"sku":"9781567925166","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/68f52bd8ddfcb59c2ee89eb729fb9b0e.webp?v=1780387135","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-moment-of-war-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}