# Four Soldiers - Hardcover

by **Hubert Mingarelli** (Author), **Sam Taylor** (Translator)

**Longlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize**

**"Its simplicity lends it grandeur. One thinks of Maxim Gorky, or even the early sketches of Tolstoy."  
\--**_The Wall Street Journal_****

A small miracle of a book, perfectly imagined and perfectly achieved.  
\--Hilary Mantel, author of Booker Prize-winning novels _Wolf Hall_ and _Bring up the Bodies_

A novel of war, revolution, youth, and friendship by the remarkable (Ian McEwan) French author of _A Meal in Winter_

Hubert Mingarelli's simple, powerful, and moving stories of men in combat have established him as one of the most exciting new voices in international fiction.

In _Four Soldiers_ he tells the story of four young soldiers in 1919, members of the Red Army during the Russian civil war. It is set in the harsh dead of winter, just as the soldiers set up camp in a forest in Galicia near the Romanian front line. Due to a lull in fighting, their days are taken up with the mundane tasks of trying to scratch together what food and comforts they can find, all the time while talking, smoking, and waiting. Waiting specifically for spring to come. Waiting for their battalion to move on. Waiting for the inevitable resumption of violence.

Recalling great works like Isaac Babel's _Red Cavalry_, Ernest Hemingway's _A Farewell to Arms_, and Stephen Crane's _The Red Badge of Courage_, _Four Soldiers_ is a timeless and tender story of young male friendships and the small, idyllic moments of happiness that can illuminate the darkness of war.

### Author Biography

**Hubert Mingarelli** is the author of numerous novels and short story collections, as well as fiction for young adults. His novel _A Meal in Winter_ was shortlisted for the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and was selected by Indies Introduce in the United States. He lives in Grenoble. **Sam Taylor** (translator) is an acclaimed translator and novelist who lives in Texas. His translations include _A Meal in Winter_ by Hubert Mingarelli (The New Press), _Special Envoy_ by Jean Echenoz (The New Press), The Arab of the Future by Riad Sattouf, and the award-winning HHhH by Lauren Binet.

**Number of Pages:** 144

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 7.6 x 5.1 IN

**Publication Date:** October 09, 2018

**Award:** Man Booker International Prize (2019)

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