Literature & World War I: A Panel TONIGHT, 7:30 PM
In all the 'war books' I had read, fear was indeed sometimes mentioned, but it was other people's fear. The authors themselves were always phlegmatic characters who were so busy jotting down their impressions that they calmly greeted incoming shells with a happy smile.
—Gabriel Chevallier, in his preface to Fear
Tonight at The Commons in Brooklyn, NYRB Classics editor Edwin Frank will be speaking with translator Richard Greeman and Professor Christopher Winks about the writers of the First World War and their stories of that catastrophic time. The discussion, moderated by Jenny Greeman, begins at 7:30 PM.
For more information about this event, visit the NYRB event page here or visit The Commons website here.