The red laugh: fragments of a discovered manuscript

"The Red Laugh: Fragments of a Discovered Manuscript" by Leonid Andreyev is a book set during a time of war, telling a gruesome story of minds broken by conflict. It follows a main character as he tries to make sense of the awful things happening around him, as the world is falling apart with violence and sorrow. The book starts with a group of soldiers trudging along, showing their weariness and despair faced with death. The protagonist not only sees his fellow soldiers suffer but also struggles with losing touch with his past. Andreyev uses strong imagery to show how terrible war is, filling the story with feelings of despair about a world turned upside down by fighting.