One of Ours

Follow the spiritual journey of a sensitive young man from the stifling predictability of a Nebraska farm to the battlefields of World War I. Disconnected from the materialism of his home, the protagonist finds a strange sense of purpose and camaraderie amidst the devastation of France. The novel explores the tragedy of a generation that found meaning only in destruction, contrasting the beauty of the American landscape with the horror of modern warfare. It is a Pulitzer Prize-winning examination of idealism and the search for a destiny worthy of the soul.