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Michael Herr: Dispatches (1977) Literature and War Readalong December 2012
Dispatches is Michael Herr’s account of his time in Vietnam as a front-line reporter. It’s an example of what is commonly called gonzo journalism as invented by Hunter S. Thompson. The beg… more →
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Michael Herr: Dispatches (1977) Literature and War Readalong December 2012
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wrote 4 months ago: Dispatches is Michael Herr’s account of his time in Vietnam as a front-line reporter. It … more →
Literature and War Readalong December 28 2012: Dispatches by Michael Herr
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wrote 5 months ago: Dispatches is a book I wanted to read ever since it has been mentioned in the comments of other pos … more →
Literature and War Readalong November 30 2012 Meets German Literature Month: The Stalin Front - Die Stalinorgel by Gert Ledig
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wrote 6 months ago: It is thanks to last’s year’s German Literature Month during which I read Sebald’s … more →
Maria Àngels Anglada: The Auschwitz Violin - El violi' d'Auschwitz (1994) Literature and War Readalong October 2012
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wrote 6 months ago: Is there anything that would make life in a concentration camp bearable? Anything that could make it … more →
Literature and War Readalong October 2012: The Auschwitz Violin - El Violi` d`Auschwitz by Maria Àngels Anglada
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wrote 7 months ago: Maria Àngels Anglada who died in 1999 was considered to be one of the most important Catalan writers … more →
Richard Bausch: Peace (2008) Literature and War Readalong September 2012
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wrote 7 months ago: Richard Bausch’s Peace (2008) is set in Italy during WWII. An American recon squad comes upon … more →
Literature and War Readalong September 2012: Peace by Richard Bausch
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wrote 8 months ago: This year’s readalong is a chance for me to read some of the great novelists and authors I had … more →
Aharon Applefeld: The Story of a Life - Sippur chajim (1999) Literature and War Readalong August 2012
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wrote 8 months ago: In his memoir The Story of a Life acclaimed author Aharon Applefeld tells the story of his childhood … more →
Literature and War Readalong August 31 2012: The Story of a Life - Sippur chajim by Aharon Appelfeld
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wrote 9 months ago: I haven’t read a lot of literature written by Israeli authors which is one more reason why I w … more →
Masuji Ibuse: Black Rain - Kuroi Ame (1969) Literature and War Readalong July 2012
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wrote 9 months ago: Reading Masuji Ibuse’s Black Rain was an intense experience. Beautiful and horrifying. In all … more →
Literature and War Readalong July 30 2012: Black Rain - Kuroi Ame by Masuji Ibuse
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wrote 10 months ago: When I saw Black Rain mentioned by Gary (The Parrish Lantern) on Rise’s blog (in lieu of a field gui … more →
Len Deighton: Bomber (1970) Literature and War Readalong June 2012
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wrote 10 months ago: It is very rare that I abandon a book. Often I regret this persistence when I finish it anyway and h … more →
Literature and War Readalong June 29 2012: Bomber by Len Deighton
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wrote 11 months ago: The last two titles in the readalong were both about the Blitz and the bombings of the British citie … more →
Nigel Balchin: Darkness Falls From the Air (1942) Literature and War Readalong May 2012
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wrote 11 months ago: With ostentatious lack of concern, Bill Sarratt, his wife and her lover spend the war wining and din … more →
Literature and War Readalong May 28 2012: Darkness Falls From the Air by Nigel Balchin
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wrote 1 year ago: I had never heard of Nigel Balchin before reading a few intriguing reviews on Guy’s blog (here … more →
Helen Humphreys: Coventry (2008) Literature and War Readalong April 2012
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wrote 1 year ago: Helen Humphrey’s novel Coventry starts with a woman and a young man standing on Coventry cathe … more →
Jean Giono: To the Slaughterhouse - Le grand troupeau (1931) Literature and War Readalong March 2012
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wrote 1 year ago: There are so many different ways to write about war. Some novels focus on the experience of the sold … more →
Literature and War Readalong March 30 2012: To the Slaughterhouse - Le grand troupeau by Jean Giono
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wrote 1 year ago: Jean Giono’s To the Slaughterhouse - Le grand troupeau is the last WWI novel of this year … more →
Sebastian Barry: A Long Long Way (2005) Literature and War Readalong February 2012
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wrote 1 year ago: Sebastian Barry’s A Long Long Way is one of a few WWI novels told from an Irish perspective. U … more →
