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> ‘It shows you, even in very hard times, to keep walking, to keep going,’ [Stijn] said. ‘I have never had to do that before.’ I recently read Dinner of Herbs a
by rauhl 7y ago
> ‘It shows you, even in very hard times, to keep walking, to keep going,’ [Stijn] said. ‘I have never had to do that before.’
I recently read Dinner of Herbs and Going to the Wars, two books by a fellow who was a British commando in the Second World War who was captured by the Italians, escaped and had to make his way across country, living off the land and thanks to the kindness of local peasants.
One of the things which really struck me was the mettle he & his comrades showed. I don’t know how many folks nowadays would have the same character — but I think young Stijn has a better chance than most. AS do probably many other Dutch kids.
- oska 7y agoI found the book you mentioned - A Dinner of Herbs by John Verney. Looks good. Somewhat confusingly there is another book called Dinner of Herbs by Carla Grissman which is also a travelogue describing close contact with 'peasants', but this time in Anatolia in the 60s. It also looks good. (There's even another book with the same title, but it's a fiction novel by Catherine Cookson). Edit: I've just found that the title is a reference to Proverbs 15:17, ‘Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than feasting on a fattened ox where hatred also dwells’, which explains its multiple use.
- Uhhrrr 7y agoGoing To The Wars on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/goingtothewars027493mbp https://archive.org/details/goingtothewars027493mbp
- jgtrosh 7y agoIs that a fancy “i'd rather eat crumbs with bums than steaks with snakes”?
- vented_sinus 7y agoi might be inclined to argue that the number of things fancier than two pairs of contextual rhymes which present a clear principle of morality in one simple sentence could be infinitesimal.