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An episode of war

Label
An episode of war
Language
eng
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technical information on music
Form of composition
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Format of music
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
An episode of war
Summary
An army lieutenant concentrates on rationing out his company's supply of coffee, meticulously dividing the brown squares before him, when a shot rings out. The enlisted men, startled by the noise, suddenly see blood saturating their lieutenant's sleeve. In pain, the wounded officer sways, winces in disbelief, mutely surveys the forest, and tries instinctively and clumsily to sheathe the sword that he has been using to count out the coffee packets. His mind swirls with mysterious revelations about existence and the meaning of life. As his dumbstruck, sympathetic troops..
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
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