Library of Alabama Classics: Company K (Paperback)

from TimBazzett

William March's COMPANY K is definitely a forgotten classic of the Great War. I only heard of it recently when it was cited in an essay about war writing by Phil Klay, whose own story collection, REDEPLOYMENT, won the NBA a few years back. COMPANY K is a novel in a unique form, told in the person...

from RhydTybyans

I first read this book in about 1960 when I was about 17 years old and still at school.It was just another paperback amongst many, but the book made a profound impression on me which has remained to this day. It occurred to me late last year, 2008, to search for it on the internet. Lo and behold,...

from RhydTybyans

I first read this book in about 1960 when I was about 17 years old and still at school.It was just another paperback amongst many, but the book made a profound impression on me which has remained to this day. It occurred to me late last year, 2008, to search for it on the internet. Lo and behold,...

from kcshankd

Great War fiction, published in 1933. The author was a U. S. Marine, and was awarded both the Distinguished Service Cross and Navy Cross, a feat that cannot have repeated many times. The novel is episodic, with each member of Company K receiving a few lines or at most a few pages, like a modern d...

from TimBazzett

William March's COMPANY K is definitely a forgotten classic of the Great War. I only heard of it recently when it was cited in an essay about war writing by Phil Klay, whose own story collection, REDEPLOYMENT, won the NBA a few years back. COMPANY K is a novel in a unique form, told in the person...