Miracle at St. Anna
On sale
20th July 2010
Price: £8.39
Based on the historical incident of an unspeakable massacre at the site of Sant’Anna Di Stazzema, a small village in Tuscany, and on the experiences of the famed Buffalo soldiers from the 92nd Division in Italy during World War II, Miracle at Sant’Anna is a singular evocation of war, cruelty, passion, and heroism. It is the story of four American Negro soldiers, a band of partisans, and an Italian boy who encounter a miracle – though perhaps the true miracle lies in themselves. Traversing class, race, and geography, Miracle at Sant’Anna is above all a hymn to the brotherhood of man and the power to do good that lives in each of us
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Reviews
An outstanding novel about World War II inspired by the famous Buffalo Soldiers . . . so descriptive that I feel as though I'm an eyewitness to everything that happens emotionally on the frontline
Excellent first novel
A haunting meditation on faith that is also a crack military thriller
McBride is realistic about racial prejudice and explicit about the dreadfulness of all fighting, but still hints at the possiblity of justice. He offers hope. This war story, full of action, suffering, disgust and melodrama is also a sermon, preaching that the human spirit can defeat adversity and that love transcends evil
A searingly, soaringly beautiful book
A brutal and moving first novel...McBride's heart is on its sleeve, but these days it looks just right
A miracle in its own right . . . McBride's prose is stunning. His ability to bring to life an actual historical event (the massacre at St. Anna and the famed Buffalo Soldiers of the 92nd Division) is a gift
A powerful and emotional novel
Searingly, soaringly beautiful . . . The book's central theme, its essence, is a celebration of the human capacity for love
War, cruelty, passion, heroism and race crammed into one lyrical tale
McBride creates an intricate mosaic of narratives that ultimately becomes about betrayal and the complex moral landscape of war
A mesmerising read that counterpoints the horror of war with man's capacity for love