by Joan Brady · Abacus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349104577
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In Theory of War, Joan Brady presents a moving story set in post-Civil War America. Through the life of a young man sold into white slavery, the novel explores themes of hatred, revenge, and the search for a new life. After escaping his cruel master, the protagonist reinvents himself as a railroad worker and itinerant preacher, but the desire for revenge against his former master's son persists within him. A literary work that examines human nature and the scars of war.
Joan Brady was an American-British writer. She was the first woman and American to win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for her novel Theory of War.
