{"product_id":"9780571310050","title":"The Childhood of Edward Thomas","description":"\u003cp\u003eKilled at Arras in 1917, Edward Thomas left behind him a short, vivid history of his own early life, covering the period from his birth to his entry into St Paul's. Though a fragment, in many senses it is far more: in the words of its author 'no less than an autobiography . . . an attempt to put down on paper what [this author] sees when he thinks of himself from 1878 to about 1895'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Childhood of Edward Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e was not published until 1938, over two decades after Thomas originally showed the manuscript to a publisher. Those eventual publishers, Faber\u0026amp;Faber, were building on their release two years earlier of Thomas's \u003cb\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/b\u003e, for which he was becoming best known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes Edward Thomas's 'War Diary,' a record of the last three months of his life when, as an elderly - at thirty-eight - subaltern he fought among the misery of the trenches. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo witness Thomas's childhood memoir and wartime diaries in such close proximity is to have a moving incarnation of his distinctive voice, its clarity and - even in war - its unfailing attention to his fellow-creatures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106540208368,"sku":"9780571310050","price":14.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571310050_p0.jpg?v=1763719045","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571310050","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}