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Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestselling novel of humans in conflict with inhuman events, Gone to Soldiers is a landmark piece of literary prosethe most thorough and most captivating, most engrossing novel ever written about World War II (Los Angeles Times).In this sweeping epic (
The Philadelphia Inquirer) of World War II, Marge Piercy moves from the United States to Europe, from the North African campaign to New Zealand, from Japan to Palestine, brilliantly recreating the atmosphere of the wartime capitals: the sexual abandon, the luxury and deprivation, the terror and excitement.
Gone to Soldiers interweaves the stories of ten remarkable characters: The New York divorcee and writer of romances-turned-war correspondent... her ex-husband, involved in intelligence for the OSS... Daniel Balaban, whose mission is to crack the Japanese codes... Bernice Coates, who escapes life to fly fighters as a Womans Airforce Service Pilot... a painter wh
