Under Fire - Henri Barbusse this is an extraordinary portrayal

this is an extraordinary portrayal of what it means to say goodbye

a luxury hotel in the Swiss Alps

two crimes are committed within a matter of days: a burglary

and then plunges into the cold waters of the Grand Canal

a lonely woman’s charity is rewarded with home-invasion

Under Fire - Henri Barbusse this is an extraordinary portrayalUnder Fire follows the fortune of a French battalion during the First World War. For this group of ordinary men, thrown together from all over France and longing for home, war is simply a matter of survival, and the arrival of their rations, a glimpse of a pretty girl or a brief reprieve in hospital is all they can hope for. Based directly on Henri Barbusse's experiences of the trenches, Under Fire is the most famous French novel of the First World