{"product_id":"9780571337262-memoirs-of-a-fox-hunting-man","title":"Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt is with a sigh that I remember simple moments such as those, when I understood so little of the deepening sadness of life, and only the strangeness of the spring was knocking at my heart.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1920s, a young man, grappling with the horrors of the war from which he had just returned, decided to write about a happier time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI can hear the creak of the saddle and the clop and clink of hoofs as we cross the bridge over the brook by Dundell Farm; there is a light burning in the farmhouse window, and the evening star glitters above a broken drift of half-luminous cloud. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt is with a sigh that I remember simple moments such as those, when I understood so little of the deepening sadness of life, and only the strangeness of the spring was knocking at my heart.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1920s, a young man, grappling with the horrors of the war from which he had just returned, decided to write about a happier time. A time of cricket matches and fox-hunting, the busyness of village life and the shyness of youth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat man was Siegfried Sassoon, and this is his book. Originally published anonymously, it went on to become Faber \u0026amp; Faber's first bestseller. A classic depiction of pre-First World War Britain, \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man\u003c\/i\u003e tells two mirrored stories, about a boy coming of age and a country losing its innocence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57536515506550,"sku":"9780571337262","price":12.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36396212.jpg?v=1774289126","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571337262-memoirs-of-a-fox-hunting-man","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}