Archive for the ‘War Stories’ Category
Bernhard Schlink – Homecoming
This is another one of my reviews that have been pending for over a month. While I’m reading the super-chunky Midnight’s Children, I thought it’s a good time to get up-to-date with some of the reviews which really should have been written earlier. Homecoming was my attempt to get familiar with Schlink’s writing, before I […]
Filed under: Bernhard Schlink, Books 2009, Review, War Stories | 4 Comments
Tags: Bernhard Schlink, Germany, Switzerland, World War II
This review has been outstanding for about a month and a half, and for that I apologize. I read it back when I was working towards a big deadline, and I just didn’t find time to review it back then. But here it is, now… I stumbled on to this book by chance. One of […]
Filed under: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Books 2009, Historical Fiction, National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, New York Times: Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years, Philip Roth, Review, War Stories | 2 Comments
Tags: Charles Lindbergh, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Philip Roth, United States of America, World War II
War destroys all that is left of innocence. It pulls people together, and it drives them apart. People are left asking questions, as they pine for their loved ones, as they try and contemplate the horrors of war, and as they struggle to survive – just so that they can see a better day. And […]
Filed under: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Booker Prize Longlist, Books 2009, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Commonwealth Writers Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, New York Times Notable Book Of The Year, Orange Prize Winners, Review, War Stories | 4 Comments
Tags: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Civil Unrest, Nigeria
Twelve year old Jo, a shepherd boy, lives in a small French mountain village, during the late 1930s-early 1940s. World War II’s broken out, and Jo’s father is away in action, while Jo is assuming some of his father’s responsibilities, and simultaneously attending school. The War is far away from this village, and to Jo […]
Filed under: ALA Best Books For Young Adults, Books 2009, Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, Review, War Stories, Young Adult | Leave a Comment
Tags: Michael Morpurgo, World War II
Michael Morpurgo – WarHorse
I don’t know why I picked up this book. It might have been because I’ve got The Butterfly Lion and Private Peaceful on my reading list. It might be because it was the only book that looked tempting at Waterstones the other day (and I couldn’t find a copy of The Great Gatsby – the […]
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Tags: Michael Morpurgo, World War I
Anne Holm – I Am David
A young boy, with the help of a prison guard, escapes from a concentration camp and tries to find his way to Denmark. David is convinced that there is some kind of catch, and there will be people waiting to catch him, punish him and throw him back in the camp, at every point during […]
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Tags: Anne Holm, World War II
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