"Light" by Henri Barbusse is a story set in a working-class town during the early 1900s. The book follows Paulin, a clerk, as he navigates the challenges and dreams of everyday life, highlighting class differences and the search for hope and love. The story begins with Paulin finishing work and moving through the industrial scenery of his town, meeting people like his aunt Josephine. Their strained relationship, marked by past arguments, emphasizes the emotional struggles Paulin faces while dealing with family duties, social awareness, and his personal wishes in what feels like a difficult world. The novel evokes a feeling of sadness and a lack of motivation in Paulin's life as he deals with these tough realities.
Light
By Henri Barbusse
In a world divided by class, a young clerk searches for light amidst the gloom of daily life, family conflicts, and personal hopes.
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2004-07-14
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About the AuthorHenri Barbusse was a French novelist, short story writer, journalist, poet and political activist. He began his literary career in the 1890s as a Symbolist poet and continued as a neo-Naturalist novelist; in 1916, he published Under Fire, a novel about World War I based on his experience which is described as one of the earliest works of the Lost Generation movement or as the work which started it; the novel had a major impact on the later writers of the movement, namely on Ernest Hemingway and Erich Maria Remarque.
Barbusse is considered one of the important French writers of 1910–1939 who mingled the war memories with moral and political meditations.
Henri Barbusse was a French novelist, short story writer, journalist, poet and political activist. He began his literary career in the 1890s as a Symbolist poet and continued as a neo-Naturalist novelist; in 1916, he published Under Fire, a novel about World War I based on his experience which is described as one of the earliest works of the Lost Generation movement or as the work which started it; the novel had a major impact on the later writers of the movement, namely on Ernest Hemingway and Erich Maria Remarque. Barbusse is considered one of the important French writers of 1910–1939 who mingled the war memories with moral and political meditations.
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