Mottled Dawn – Stories and Sketches of the Partition of India
There are wars known, and wars unknown –except to those who lost loved ones, homes and futures. The two world …
Tag Archives: Fiction:War
The Use of Man — Aleksandar Tišma
Wars are waged and war novels are written. Seldom are they written about small, out-of-the-way places or non-heroic people, …
Heinrich Boll: German Miniaturist of War
Heinrich Böll (1917 – 1985) is not a name that non-German readers will associate with other 20th century German …
The Long March – William Styron
Long before William Styron became famous for The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967) and Sophie’s Choice (1979) he wrote a slim …
Tadeusz Borowski — The Camps are Us
Massacre and genocide have been on the scroll of human history since cracked skulls left their sure signs, then in …
Zone of Emptiness – A Japanese Novel of WWII
Zone of Emptiness by the Japanese novelist Hiroshi Noma, when it was published in 1952 after years of military censorship, …
“A Long Long Way” – the Irish in WW I
Some books are so damn good it seems a sin to write about them. Just go read it, that’s all! …
“The Human Body” by Paolo Giordano, Italian Soldiers in Afghanistan
Paolo Giordano’s The Human Body comes with encomiums such as ” a stunning exploration of war,” “a great novel of …
Molly’s Gift — A Story
When the car began its turn and the headlights moved into our eyes I was there. A halo rose through …
William Faulkner and WW I: A Fable
Since I’ve been sparse in posting these last weeks, for various (all good) reasons, I thought I’d re-post this look …
Redeployment – Stories From A War
Phil Klay’s slender volume of short fiction, coming from a 13 month tour in Iraq, delivers what we want from …
Clouds Above the Hill — Japan’s Good Wars
Shiba Ryōtarō is said to be one of Japan’s favorite authors. Prolific in multiple genres, he’s credited with over 500 …