A Soldier of the Great War (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Helprin
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: Early 1900’s to August, 1964
- Setting: Rome, Bologna, and the Appenines, in Italy
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Parents and children
- Locales: Rome, Italy
Characters Discussed
Alessandro Guiliani (ah-leh- SAHN-droh gwee-lee-AH-nee), a professor of aesthetics in Rome, Italy. At the age of seventy-four, he travels to Monte Prato, seventy kilometers from Rome. He meets Nicolo Sambucca and recounts his life during World War I. His experiences show him to be a man of unfaltering resolve, individuality, and honesty. As the son of an attorney, he acquires his father’s sense of justice. He attends university in Bologna, studying aesthetics and protesting Italian involvement in the Turkish War. In 1914, he enlists in the navy despite...
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