Sign-In
Cart
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781515427216
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A stark and unflinching collection of stories examining war, perception, and the limits of human understanding under extreme conditions. In Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, Ambrose Bierce draws upon his experiences of conflict to present narratives that move between battlefield realism and psychological disturbance, where the line between the ordinary and the uncanny is often uncertain.
The stories centred on soldiers depict the disorientation, violence, and abrupt reversals of war, frequently emphasising the unpredictability of fate and the fragility of perception. In contrast, the civilian tales extend these concerns into domestic and psychological spaces, where tension arises from ambiguity, misinterpretation, and the intrusion of the inexplicable. Bierce's prose is precise and controlled, yet capable of sudden shifts that unsettle expectation and challenge the reliability of both character and reader.
A significant work in American short fiction, this collection is notable for its fusion of realism and the uncanny, and for its influence on later developments in both war literature and psychological narrative. It remains essential reading for those interested in nineteenth-century American literature and the evolution of the short story form.
7 different editions
Also available
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories
Bierce, Ambrose
Paperback
Also in
General Fiction
Elizabeth Spencer: Novels & Stories (Loa #344): The Voice at the Back Door / The Light in the Piazza / Knights and Dragons / Stories
Spencer, Elizabeth
Hardcover
Anniversaries, Volume 2: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl, April 1968-August 1968
Johnson, Uwe
Paperback
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts
Plath, Sylvia
Paperback
Selected Writings: Robert Musil: Young Torless, Three Women, the Perfecting of a Love, and Other Writings
Musil, Robert
Agee, Joel
Paperback
Before Gatsby: The First Twenty-Six Stories
Baughman, Judith
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Bruccoli, Matthew J.
Paperback