War Primer

War Primer

<b>A terrifying series of short poems by one of the world’s leading playwrights, set to images of World War II</b><br><br>In this singular book written during World War Two, Bertolt Brecht presents a devastating visual and lyrical attack on war under modern capitalism.<br><br> He takes photographs from newspapers and popular magazines, and adds short lapidary verses to each in a unique attempt to understand the truth of war using mass media.<br><br> Pictures of catastrophic bombings, propaganda portraits of leading Nazis, scenes of unbearable tragedy on the battlefield — all these images contribute to an anthology of horror, from which Brecht’s perceptions are distilled in poems that are razor-sharp, angry and direct.<br><br> The result is an outstanding literary memorial to World War Two and one of the most spontaneous, revealing and moving of Brecht’s works.