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Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization by Nicholson Baker |
A strange but compelling book. Each page contains a number of entries taken from contemporary letters, diaries, newspapers etc. leading up to the Americans entering the war in 1941. The amount and breadth of research is astonishing. Baker makes no comments but obviously the choice of what to include will have a personal bias and without context or analysis could at times present a distorted picture of a person or situation. It raises a lot of questions. Absolutely fascinating.
(Lynda Johnson - bwl 95 Winter 2020 ) |
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