Georges Duhamel served as a surgeon in French field hospitals, and these sketches record the men who passed through his wards: Carré and Lerondeau recovering side by side, the death of Mercier, the wounded of Verdun brought in under the roar of the guns. Each piece looks closely at one sufferer, his patience, his fear and his small dignities.
Among the most humane writing to come out of the Western Front, written by a doctor who saw it at the operating table. Download the free EPUB.