A Soldier on the Southern Front

Rediscover the World War I masterpiece—one of the few memoirs about the Italian front—for fans of military history and All Quiet on the Western Front . An infantryman’s “harrowing, moving, [and] occasionally comic” account of trench warfare on the alpine front seen in A Farewell to Arms ( Times Literary Supplement ). Taking its place alongside works by Ernst JŸnger, Robert Graves, and Erich Maria Remarque, Emilio Lussu’s memoir as an infantryman is one of the most affecting accounts to come out