A Farewell to Arms | Suggested Reading

A Farewell to Arms What Do I Read Next?

For a better sense of the "Lost Generation" as well as the general disillusionment brought about by the aftermath of World War I, see Hemingway's first novel, The Sun Also Rises (1926). The novel is also the first depiction of the American expatriates living in Paris.

A view of America in World War I is given in John Steinbeck's East of Eden. The novel itself concerns a family saga, but the middle of the work was made into a movie starring James Dean. That 1954 film, East of Eden, focuses on Steinbeck's portrayal of the impact of the war on a small community-from the power of draft boards, to the morality of profiteering from war. Another view of World War I was also published early in 1929 from the perspective of a German soldier. Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front was also a great success and...
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