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Tangential: What’s a WWII novel that you enjoyed, that made you think, impressed you by being well researched, or all of the above?
by leobg 3y ago
Tangential: What’s a WWII novel that you enjoyed, that made you think, impressed you by being well researched, or all of the above?
- nwatson 3y ago"Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" by Herman Wouk. Written in the 1970s, from the perspective of a Jewish-American family. He also earlier wrote Pulitzer-Prize-winning "The Caine Mutiny" in 1951, it was a good book but not as enjoyable as the other two. He fought in the Pacific Theater during WWII and so lived it. (I also remember his 1948 "City Boy" being a hilarious tale of a Jewish kid growing up in NYC/The Bronx.)
- AlbertCory 3y agoI cited Wouk's books elsewhere in this thread. Since it's fiction, he has the opportunity to show what people thought then without benefit of hindsight. And he takes full advantage of it. Even the fictional German general Armin von Roon gets plenty of space to give the German perspective.
- jhp123 3y agoRed Sorghum is fantastic. Set in a Chinese village, it's a perspective I had really no idea about. It's very well written as well, in a matter-of-fact style that seems to translate well.
- stevenwoo 3y agoNot a novel but The Good War by Studs Terkel. It’s the antidote to fairy tale historical accounts of WW2.