Dalton Trumbo was a prolific American novelist and screenwriter, renowned for his sharp social commentary and staunch anti-war sentiments. His early experiences as a journalist grounded his social realist writing style, offering keen observations of everyday life. Trumbo achieved significant recognition for his seminal anti-war novel, inspired by the devastating aftermath of World War I. Despite facing political persecution and a Hollywood blacklist, which led him to write under pseudonyms, his literary and cinematic contributions endure, exploring profound ethical questions and the human condition.
Protiválečný román amerického autora, poctěný Národní cenou a filmově ztvárněný, rozvíjí tragický příběh amerického vojáka, který byl na konci první světové války těžce zraněn granátem a jako lidská troska procitá k vědomí, zakouší pocity zoufalství, hněvu i smiřování s osudem.
“Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury accounting to eloquence.”—The New York Times This was no ordinary war. This was a war to make the world safe for democracy. And if democracy was made safe, then nothing else mattered—not the millions of dead bodies, nor the thousands of ruined lives. . . . This is no ordinary novel. This is a novel that never takes the easy way out: it is shocking, violent, terrifying, horrible, uncompromising, brutal, remorseless and gruesome . . . but so is war.