· What resulted from this was Strange Meeting, depicting a so-called ‘microcosm’ of the war in vast emotional depth. The novel is structured in three parts, the first taking place at the soldiers’ training camp, the second in the trenches, and the majority of the third in bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins. · Strange Meeting (Paperback) Published October 25th by Penguin. Paperback, pages. Author (s): Susan Hill. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: English. Strange Meeting. Susan Hill's classic novel Strange Meeting tells of the power of love amidst atrocities. 'He was afraid to go to sleep. For three weeks, he had been afraid of going to sleep'. Young officer John Hilliard returns to his battalion in France following a period of sick leave in England/5.
Theirs is a strange meeting and a strange relationship: the coming together of opposites in the summer lull before the inevitable storm. © Susan Hill (P) Audible Studios War Military Historical Fiction. Susan Hill's Strange Meeting makes for the perfect companion novel. Not only do both novels describe the horrors of war, they do so by exploring the human bonds made and broken amid the shelling and the gas and the rats in the trenches. There are two aspects that stand out in this marvelously short novel. Prevailing themes in Susan Hill's 'Strange Meeting' and C.R Sherriff's 'Journey's End' Warfare is the issue of conflict between not only the opposite forces but also between comrades. It is apparent that this is a central theme in both texts 'Strange Meeting' by Susan Hill and in the drama 'Journey's End' by C.R. Sherriff.
Strange Meeting is a novel by Susan Hill about the First World War. The title of the book is taken from a poem by the First World War poet Wilfred Owen. The novel was first published by Hamish Hamilton in and then by Penguin Books in STRANGE MEETING, by Susan Hill. I really enjoyed this. At first with lingering doubts. After all, the story is set on the battle fields of France, WW1. Would the descriptive power, of the author, do justice to the horrendous condtions, and awful carnage endured by the soldiers in the Trenches. And, yes, it must certainly does. Strange Meeting (Paperback) Published October 25th by Penguin. Paperback, pages. Author (s): Susan Hill. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: English.
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