{"product_id":"the-young-lions-paperback","title":"The Young Lions - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIrwin Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Salter\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA staggering classic of World War II that the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ecalled \"the best war novel yet written by an American\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the immediate aftermath of World War II, countless American writers attempted to use fiction to convey the complicated experience they'd just undergone. Few of the novels that emerged from that period were as ambitious and powerful as \u003ci\u003eThe Young Lions\u003c\/i\u003e, a sweeping, dramatic account of war from the point of view of ordinary solders that depicts the danger, excitement, trauma, and loss of a no-holds-barred global war. \u003cbr\u003e When Irwin Shaw published \u003ci\u003eThe Young Lions\u003c\/i\u003e, he was known solely as a writer of short stories, and his panoramic, detailed, unforgettable account of the war was met with nothing short of awe. Shaw tells his story from the points of view of a perceptive young Nazi, a jaded American film producer, and a shy Jewish boy just married to the love of his life. Together they enable us to see, decades lateer, as no other novelist has since, the scope, confusion, and complexity of war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a landmark novel that \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003ecritic Jonathan Yardley ranked with wartime classics like \u003ci\u003eFrom Here to Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Naked and the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Caine Mutiny\u003c\/i\u003e. As James Salter writes in his foreword, \"The Second World War was the central event of Shaw's generation. The writers who stand in some glory about its forgotten battlefields and whose novels came from firsthand knowledge--Mailer, heller, James Jones, Michener--include, indomitable in their midst. Irwin Shaw. He need not to have bowed to any of them then, or, if he were still alive, now.\"\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Young Lions\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid and classic novel that portrays the experiences of ordinary soldiers fighting World War II. Told from the points of view of a perceptive young Nazi, a jaded American film producer, and a shy Jewish boy just married to the love of his life, Shaw conveys, as no other novelist has since, the scope, confusion, and complexity of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrwin Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (1913-1984) grew up in New York City and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1934. He is the playwright of \u003ci\u003eBury the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of twelve novels, among them \u003ci\u003eRich Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoor Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Troubled Air\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNightwork\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAcceptable Losses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvening in Byzantium\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShort Stories: Five Decades\u003c\/i\u003e, the last published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 696\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53057482391776,"sku":"9780226751290","price":55.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/OqNQ7cMaKp9780226751290.webp?v=1781378070","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-young-lions-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}