Life in a Garrison Town
The Military Novel Suppressed by the German Government (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Life in a Garrison Town: The Military Novel Suppressed by the German Government<br><br>The history of this novel can be passed over as known. The attempt to make it an anti-military and anti-German document is artistically unimportant. But, in my opinion, the thing that should be said of the book is that it is sound realism, and better than that, and, in my judgment, because of it, good art. What we need, and what thew sound intelligence of the world rejoices in, are true, unflinching pictures or presentations of life done after and through a temperament which is artistically sound. These may be conscious or unconscious; accidental or planned. What matter Are they artistic Real Verifiable Do they appeal to your instincts for verisimilitude - do they tally with your experience Then they are good art and the very best things that life can give you. They need not apotheosize life, and in the last analysis do not. Life properly and artistically presented apotheosizes itself, and incidentally its handmaiden, the artist. Life is great, it is beautiful, it is artistic.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.