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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Seasons of War
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'I was young then. I remember the landing on the beach and the days of my time on the peninsula and returning home from war, the past and the present coming together in my mind over the years. I remember the beauty of the ugly place.

'Packed into tiny boats, Michael, his brother Dan and their mates think only of what is to come. These young Australians miss home, hate the enemy and are choking in fear.

'After the surreal panic of that first dawn charge up the Turkish beaches, when nothing is as they were told, they dig in. For the next eight months, each will play his part in the epic battle of Gallipoli.

'Trying to survive in the lottery of close warfare and watching as the seasons change, Michael comes to wonder whether the men he fights are so different from himself. Wedged in the trenches, soldiers of both sides will be irrevocably changed by two relentless forces – the turning seasons and the grinding machine of war. Even if they survive, what will they become?

This powerfully lyrical novel by acclaimed screenwriter Christopher Lee (writer of the TV series Gallipoli) takes us to the heart of the diggers' experience. It brings to life the kind of truth that only fiction can – what it was like to be in those trenches, and how the character of the nation transformed when Gallipoli changed these men.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: To Timothy & Tristan

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2015 .
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      Extent: 137p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 25 February 2015
      ISBN: 9780670078837

Works about this Work

[Untitled] Nathan Davies , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 April 2015; (p. 36)

— Review of Seasons of War Christopher Lee , 2015 single work novel
James Dunk Reviews 'Seasons of War' by Christopher Lee James Dunk , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 370 2015;

— Review of Seasons of War Christopher Lee , 2015 single work novel
James Dunk Reviews 'Seasons of War' by Christopher Lee James Dunk , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 370 2015;

— Review of Seasons of War Christopher Lee , 2015 single work novel
[Untitled] Nathan Davies , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 April 2015; (p. 36)

— Review of Seasons of War Christopher Lee , 2015 single work novel
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