Harrowing, absorbing, inspiring - outstanding. All of these adjectives apply to this novel. If you have never read it, I urge you to do so. I had resolutely avoided reading it, thinking it would be too unbearable. Yes, there are horrors, but there is humour and moments of ordinary life and real characters to meet; no officers, just ordinary soldiers. Above all it is universal.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 74 Autumn 2014 ) |
