Once in a while they will see a plane overhead, or hear artillery fire off in the distance, or have to hide from the enemy. The story is both fascinating and frustrating, as we read about the boredom and confusion experienced by soldiers who spend most of their time walking, digging trenches, waiting for letters, looking for shelter, and wondering where the war is, exactly. The diary covers the first two months of World War I, as seen from the perspective of a French infantryman.
French author/illustrator Barroux found a soldier's diary among some belongings being discarded on the street and decided to depict this young man's words in the graphic novel format. You can see Barroux & Morpurgo at The Edinburgh International Book Festival on Friday 22 August at 4.Gr 5 Up-An unusual perspective on the Great War.
Visit the Line of Fire website, the one stop shop for information, news, events, teaching and translation resources around this extraordinary book.
This is living history that has the power to engage new generations in one man’s story that is silhouetted against the historical events that formed and transformed the world we live in today. In this striking black and white graphic novel adaptation of a 100-year-old diary, the events of the first two months of WWI are given fresh meaning and relevance to modern audiences. One winter morning,Barroux was walking down a street in Paris when he made an extraordinary find: the real diary of a soldier in the First World War.īarroux rescued the diary from a rubbish heap and illustrated the soldier’s words. He is joined by playwright and author Michael Morpurgo who wrote the introduction to the English translation, for what promises to be a very special event. Based on the diary kept by a French soldier during the First World War, Barroux’s work provides a fresh perspective on the first two months of the conflict. Last year’s Illustrator in Residence returns to this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, to talk about his remarkable graphic novel, Line of Fire.
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