Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Burns, John Horne; Fussell, Paul |
| Publisher: | NYRB Classics |
| Date: | 3/31/2004 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
“The first book of real magnitude to come out of the last war.” —John Dos Passos
John Horne Burns brought The Gallery back from World War II, and on publicationin 1947 it became a critically-acclaimed bestseller. However, Burns’s early deathat the age of 36 led to the subsequent neglect of this searching book, which capturesthe shock the war dealt to the preconceptions and ideals of the victorious Americans.
Set in occupied Naples in 1944, The Gallery takes its name from the Galleria Umberto,a bombed-out arcade where everybody in town comes together in pursuit of food, drink,sex, money, and oblivion. A daring and enduring novel—one of the first to look directlyat gay life in the military—The Gallery poignantly conveys the mixed feelings ofthe men and women who fought the war that made America a superpower.
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