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Mottled Dawn – Stories and Sketches of the Partition of India

7/23/2020

There are wars known, and wars unknown –except to those who lost loved ones, homes and futures.  The two world …

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The Use of Man — Aleksandar Tišma

9/20/2019

  Wars are waged and war novels are written. Seldom are they written about small, out-of-the-way places or non-heroic people,  …

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Heinrich Boll: German Miniaturist of War

6/2/2018

  Heinrich 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

9/6/2017

Long 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

8/23/2017

Massacre 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

7/25/2017

  Zone 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

6/16/2017

Some 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

5/11/2016

Paolo 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

3/4/2016

When 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

1/11/2016

Since 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

4/23/2014

Phil 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

3/27/2014

Shiba 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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