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The Wars is a 1977 novel by Timothy Findley that tells the story of a young Canadian officer in World War I. Nineteen-year-old Robert Ross tries to escape both his grief over his sister's death and the social norms of oppressive Victorian Read More..

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Description	The Wars is a 1977 novel by Timothy Findley that tells the story of a young Canadian officer in World War I. Nineteen-year-old Robert Ross tries to escape both his grief over his sister's death and the social norms of oppressive Victorian upper-class society by enlisting in the Great War. He is quickly drawn into the madness of war and commits "a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death." Years later, a historian tries to piece together how he came to commit this act, using a mixture of styles and sources.The novel was first published by Clarke Irwin. It won the Governor General's Award for fiction in 1977.
Description	The Wars is a 1977 novel by Timothy Findley that tells the story of a young Canadian officer in World War I. Nineteen-year-old Robert Ross tries to escape both his grief over his sister's death and the social norms of oppressive Victorian upper-class society by enlisting in the Great War. He is quickly drawn into the madness of war and commits "a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death." Years later, a historian tries to piece together how he came to commit this act, using a mixture of styles and sources.The novel was first published by Clarke Irwin. It won the Governor General's Award for fiction in 1977.

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Name	The Wars
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Authors	Timothy Findley
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Language	English
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Country	Canada
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Pages	226
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Isbn	0-7720-1188-5
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Oclc	3689735
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Publisher	Clarke, Irwin
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Pub_date	1977
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Release_date	1977
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