Brewsie and Willie.
Stein, Gertrude. Brewsie and Willie. New York: Random House, (1946).
8vo.; red topstain; light olive cloth; stamped in red and black; bright pastel-colored dust-jacket; faint shelf wear; price list of other Random House publications on lower panel.
First edition; 6,000 copies. Wilson A39a. Brewsie and Willie is an excellent example of Stein’s post-war writing, and like the extremely popular Wars I Have Seen, focuses on the plight of the soldiers. After the war, American GIs sought out Stein to discuss their problems, and Brewsie and Willie is the story of the collective anxiety of the troops as they prepare to reenter society. Never a traditionalist with form, Stein alternates between stream-of-consciousness monologue and chapters of uninterrupted dialogue among the soldiers, recreating their trauma through speech. The result is a touching psychological profile of men disillusioned by war and desperate to put its atrocities behind them.
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