A Soldier of the Great War

On his last long walk, septuagenarian war hero, deserter, and professor Alessandro Giuliani shares his past with an illiterate young factory worker -- spinning a remarkable and deeply absorbing tale of heart-stopping escapes, loves unrequited and won, madmen, dwarves, and mafiosi. But overshadowing all is the miraculous and terrible Great War -- an almost surreal parade of horrors that devastated and defined Alessandro, yet enabled him to experience fully the magic and beauty of life. This thrilling production is the book's first time on audio. Author Mark Helprin's books include A Dove of the East and Other Stories, Refiner's Fire, Ellis Island and Other Stories, Winter's Tale, Memoir from Antproof Case, and he Pacific and Other Stories,. David Colacci is an actor and director. Most recently, he was a resident director and actor at the Cleveland Playhouse. He has directed and performed in prominent theaters nationwide for the past thirty years. His credits include roles from Shakespeare to Albee, as well as extensive work on new plays. As a narrator, he has recorded authors ranging from Jules Verne to John Irving to Michael Chabon. "Extraordinary... a vast, ambitious, spiritually lusty, all-guzzling, all-encompassing novel" -- The New York Times Book Review on Winter's Tale