Tag: war fiction
Review: Hà Nội at Midnight by Bảo Ninh
Review: Hà Nội at Midnight, Bảo Ninh, Texas Tech University Press – “A soldiers’s life, like a sigh, was full of sorrow and boredom,” writes Bảo Ninh, whose collection of ten short stories evoke deeply emotional and heartbreaking memories of the Vietnam War in his book, “Hà Nội at Midnight.”
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Books to Read: The Lion by Conn Iggulden
The new novel in master storyteller Conn Iggulden’s bestselling series tells the story of Pericles amid the battlefields of the Peloponnesian War.
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Review: The World Played Chess by Robert Dugoni
The World Played Chess by Robert Dugoni, Lake Union – Vincent Bianco graduated from high school in 1979. A typical youngster on the verge of adulthood, he wants some fun in his last summer before starting college.
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The Gates of Athens by Conn Iggulden
The Gates of Athens, Conn Iggulden, Pegasus Books – Evoking two of the most famous battles of the Ancient World—the Battle of Marathon and the Last Stand at Thermopylae—The Gates of Athens is a bravura piece of storytelling by a well acclaimed master of the historical adventure novel.
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Review: The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
The Book of Lost Names, Kristin Harmel, Gallery Books – Eva Traube Abrams, a university student living in Paris, refuses to believe a warning from a fellow student, who, like herself, wears a yellow star.
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Elliot Ackerman: Waiting for Eden, a Stunning Work
Waiting for Eden, Elliot Ackerman, Knopf – Elliot Ackerman—whose last novel, Dark at the Crossing, was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award—returns with WAITING FOR EDEN (Knopf, 2018 ), a breathtakingly spare and shattering new novel that showcases Ackerman’s singular gift for depicting humanity in all its complexity.
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