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In the short story The Crippled Nobleman, the tragic fate of an unfortunate aristocrat becomes a parable about pride, pain, and transience. The author combines realism and romance into a deeply emotional story about human vulnerability and dignity.
The title of this text refers to the white armoured vehicles of UN forces around the world, and also to the UN's role as peacemakers, rescuers and guardians of law and order.
The Thin Red Line (1962) is a realistic depiction of war through the experiences of soldiers in the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. The novel follows Company C of the U.S. Marines in the Pacific in 1942, focusing on their internal struggles und
The Quiet American (1955) is set in Vietnam in the 1950s, during the French colonial struggle against the insurgents. Through the atmosphere of Saigon, Greene creates a tense story of love and political intrigue, with a strong critique of the Vietnam War
A moving and poignant chronicle of the siege and destruction of Vukovar in 1991 through 57 short "postcard" chapters. Pavličić does not write from the perspective of an "ordinary" Zagreb resident who spent the summer of 1991 in Vukovar, and then followed