tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post6467043558962829750..comments2024-02-10T11:02:03.896-05:00Comments on Reader in the Wilderness: Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-20697658123578511782014-05-04T19:02:00.594-04:002014-05-04T19:02:00.594-04:00Pat Barker's books are well worth reading and ...Pat Barker's books are well worth reading and also Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain.<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/24/vera-brittain-testament-of-youthKatrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-22299246425259918092014-04-21T19:49:23.035-04:002014-04-21T19:49:23.035-04:00I think the sudden spurt of books is all due to th...I think the sudden spurt of books is all due to the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I in August 2014. <br />I do intend to eventually get to all of Pat Barker's books about World War I. <br />So much good literature was written during that war, immediately after the war, and since.<br />Enjoy!<br />JudithJudithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-49014142218114134032014-04-21T19:47:28.775-04:002014-04-21T19:47:28.775-04:00I'm dashing for a pencil to list the titles yo...I'm dashing for a pencil to list the titles you've mentioned! I'm wondering which novels you're reading via Gutenberg. <br />I do think you'll love both Dunmore books. I'm going to read more of her.<br />JudithJudithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-13724109908527071142014-04-15T00:35:36.040-04:002014-04-15T00:35:36.040-04:00I wonder why this sudden spurt of books about WWI....I wonder why this sudden spurt of books about WWI. I've been seeing the theme of WWII and its aftermath on crime fiction and writers' blogs all around cyberspace.<br /><br />Mari Strachan, a Welsh librarian, published a work of fiction last year, which tells the story of Rhiannon Davies, a woman living in Wales. Set in 1921, it tells of her spouse, who had fought in the war and comes home with PTSD. <br /><br />There is a lot of sympathy for WWI veterans who return to Wales and have no jobs or way to earn a living -- and they're desperately poor.<br /><br />It's an interesting take on the war.<br /><br />Of course, there is the well-recognized set of books by Pat Barker about WWII. I believe she discusses PTSD, too.<br /><br />What a terrible war, so many people lost. It really shocked me a few years ago, when I was reading about European artists and musicians who'd died in that war, young people, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-23849963932965239812014-04-13T06:26:11.724-04:002014-04-13T06:26:11.724-04:00I have been reading a lot of WW1 books along with ... I have been reading a lot of WW1 books along with others on the Librarything Virago group. I recently read Kamila Shamsie's new novel A God in every Stone which touches on WW1 in the first half of the novel. Elizabeth Speller's novel AT Break of Day (US title 1st July) published last year is about french and Englsih soliders in WW1. I am mainly reading older novels some available via Project Guttenberg. <br />I have The Greatcoast tbr and am really looking forward to it - I really want to read The Lie too,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com