Say Goodbye to Everything
About This Novel
In 1929, Robert Graves went to settle abroad, "deciding never to consider Britain my homeland again." "Farewell to Everything" starts from his childhood and school life, focusing on his experience in the First World War: from the life in the trenches, the death of close friends and even being seriously injured and mistakenly regarded as a "killed man", to the negligence of British government departments and the absurdity of the British hierarchy during the war. He used a relatively brisk, restrained, and slightly ironic writing style to highlight the disorder and disillusionment caused by the war. The book also records his unforgettable interactions with other writers and poets such as Hardy and Sassoon. The two chapters on "Lawrence of Arabia" are impressive and depict the daily life of Lawrence as Graves' loyal friend. This is a classic war memoir, its description of the war on the Western Front is vivid and harrowing; it is also one of the most candid self-portraits of a poet ever. As the Observer commented: "When it first appeared, this book was already recognized as a classic."
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