A wide-rangingcollection of reflective essays, written with "tender, compassionate humanity” (The Observer), marking the centenary of the conflict that changed the world.In this collection of essays, ten leading writers from different countries consider the conflicts that have informed their own literary lives.1914 - Goodbye to All Thatborrows its title fromRobert Graves's"bitter leave-taking of England" in which he writes not only of the First World War but the questions it raised: how to live, how to live with each other, and how to write.Interpreting this title as broadly and ambiguously asGravesintended, these essays mark the War's centenary by reinvigorating these questions.“This superb collection of essays by some of today’s leading writers stands out among the many books commissioned to mark the centenary of the First World War.”-The LadyThe book includesElif Shafakon an inheritance of silence in Turkey,Ali Smithon lost voices in Scotland,Xiaolu Guoon the 100,000 Chinese sent to the Front,Daniel Kehlmannon hypnotism in Berlin,Colm Toibinon Lady Gregory losing her son fighting for Britain as she fought for an independent Ireland,Kamila Shamsieon reimagining Karachi,Erwin Mortieron occupied Belgium's legacy of shame,NoViolet Bulawayoon Zimbabwe and clarity,Ales Stegeron resisting history in Slovenia, andJeanette Wintersonon what art is for.