Sinopse
Claude Wheeler, a young man stifled by the materialism of his success-driven family, finds an unexpected escape in the outbreak of World War I. His journey from the cornfields of Nebraska to the trenches of France is portrayed not just as a tragedy, but as a search for a meaningful destiny. Cather explores the irony of finding spiritual fulfillment in the midst of global slaughter, questioning the values of a society that offers no outlet for idealism in peace. It is a complex and sorrowful examination of a "lost generation."
