Bernard Adams (Books)

Bernard Adams Books

This author is distinguished as the first British soldier during World War I to publish his wartime memoirs while the conflict still raged. Written during his convalescence after being wounded, his account offers a raw and immediate perspective on life at the front over eight months with a Welsh battalion. The work stands out for its authenticity, providing a unique soldier's-eye view of the war experience. His testimony is a valuable historical and literary document capturing the horrors and realities of the front line.

Kornel Esti

233 pages
9 hours of reading

Crazy, funny and gorgeously dark, The Adventures of Kornel Esti sets into rollicking action a series of adventures about a man and his wicked doppleganger, who breathes every forbidden idea of his childhood into his ear, and then reappears decades later. Part Gogol, part Chekhov, and all brilliance, Kosztolanyi in his final book serves up his most magical, radical, and intoxicating work. Here is a novel which inquires: What if your id (loyally keeping your name) decides to strike out on its own, cuts a disreputable swath through the world, and then sends home to you all its unpaid bills and ruined maidens? And then: What if you and your alter ego decide to write a book together?

4.3