Soldiers

Name: Soldiers
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781922268686
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By Tom Remiger

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Soldiers by Tom Remiger is a compelling historical fiction novel exploring the lives of soldiers during wartime. It delves into the camaraderie, struggles, and resilience of individuals facing the harsh realities of conflict. The narrative presents a poignant and immersive portrayal of the human spirit amid desolation.
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You might enjoy this captivating historical fiction if you're drawn to richly detailed narratives set during wartime. The novel offers a poignant exploration of the lives of soldiers, delving into themes of camaraderie, resilience, and the human spirit under pressure. Fans of character-driven stories with a strong sense of time and place will likely find themselves engrossed in its pages.

Soldiers

Winner of the 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel, Soldiers is a raw and empathetic portrait of young soldiers as they come of age in the chaos of war.

Winner of the 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel, Soldiers is a raw and empathetic portrait of young soldiers as they come of age in the chaos of war.

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Someone was pulling at the flagpole, making the flag shiver and dance, warning the rest of the platoon to keep their heads down. Breen could see blood on the trousers of Tiger’s battledress.

After Corporal Daniel Cousins dies during routine training in England, a young officer, Lieutenant Patrick Breen, becomes obsessed. Was it an accident, or was Cousins murdered by one of his own?

Breen’s investigation, as well as his unanticipated love affair with a superior officer, threatens the unity of his comrades in the New Zealand Division as they wait for the suffering to come in the Battle for Crete—one of the defining conflicts of the Second World War.

Soldiers is about what happens to men who go to war: about the psychological as well as the physical toll. Tom Remiger’s compelling first novel tells a story of intense feeling and unforeseen experience in a strange and distant world.

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Soldiers by Tom Remiger is lauded for its vivid and direct writing style, and is described as a compelling and important historical novel. Set during the New Zealand Division's involvement in World War II, it successfully delves into the complexities of human experience amidst warfare. The narrative is recognised for its sympathetic portrayal of themes such as homosexuality, cowardice, and paranoia, reflecting remarkable research and understanding of its characters. The book has been praised as a standout work within recent New Zealand literature for its visceral storytelling.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922268686

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2020

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Text Publishing Company

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Tom Remiger is the name under which Tom McLean writes fiction. He is originally from Rotorua, New Zealand, but now lives in the UK, where he is completing a DPhil in literature at Oxford. His non-fiction and academic writing have been published in a number of journals and magazines. Soldiers won the 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize.