Posts Tagged with ‘Fiction:War’
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Heinrich Boll: German Miniaturist of War
02 Jun 2018Heinrich Böll (1917 – 1985) is not a name that non-German readers will associate with other 20th century German…
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The Long March – William Styron
06 Sep 2017Long before William Styron became famous for The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967) and Sophie’s Choice (1979) he wrote a slim…
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Tadeusz Borowski — The Camps are Us
23 Aug 2017Massacre and genocide have been on the scroll of human history since cracked skulls left their sure signs, then in…
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Zone of Emptiness – A Japanese Novel of WWII
25 Jul 2017Zone of Emptiness by the Japanese novelist Hiroshi Noma, when it was published in 1952 after years of military censorship,…
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“A Long Long Way” – the Irish in WW I
16 Jun 2017Some books are so damn good it seems a sin to write about them. Just go read it, that’s all!…
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“The Human Body” by Paolo Giordano, Italian Soldiers in Afghanistan
11 May 2016Paolo Giordano’s The Human Body comes with encomiums such as ” a stunning exploration of war,” “a great novel of…
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Molly’s Gift — A Story
04 Mar 2016When the car began its turn and the headlights moved into our eyes I was there. A halo rose through…
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William Faulkner and WW I: A Fable
11 Jan 2016Since I’ve been sparse in posting these last weeks, for various (all good) reasons, I thought I’d re-post this look…
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Redeployment – Stories From A War
23 Apr 2014Phil Klay’s slender volume of short fiction, coming from a 13 month tour in Iraq, delivers what we want from…
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Clouds Above the Hill — Japan’s Good Wars
27 Mar 2014Shiba Ryōtarō is said to be one of Japan’s favorite authors. Prolific in multiple genres, he’s credited with over 500…
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The Things They Carried – Writing About War
04 Feb 2014The last American troops left Vietnam over 40 years ago but the war goes on. Tens of thousands of veterans…
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Three Soldiers — A WW I Novel of John Dos Passos
23 Jan 2014It’s hard, reading today, to get a grip on the impact which John Dos Passos’ Three Soldiers had on the…