War Literature Discussion

[Radhika Nair]

How does this book compare to other war literature you are familiar with? For my part, this book struck a chord in me, evoking memories of reading The Iliad and Gone With the Wind. It also makes me want to read Farewell to Arms and The Red Badge of Courage, books I know only by name. Suggestions and recommendations for media that criticizes war will be received with joy.

[Oluchii]

I have read a lot of war literature but this one was quite different, it stared a lot of memories and I felt the pain of the victims cut up in the war

[Phil Akor]

I have read war books that I cannot remember but this is quite different. The other books gave an account of the war, whereas this one is totally against the war.

[Amiczy Heaven]

This was unique because the people did not want to fight. Other war books just give accounts of the war and not really anything like this one.

[Johulings]

One of my all time favorite books that shows the dark side of war and has heavy criticism is the Tattooist of Auschwitz.

[Noor ul Ain 3]

I will suggest that you also read Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi, Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan, The Dust That Falls from Dreams by Louis de Bernières, and Girl at War by Sara Nović. Not all of these pertain to the WWs but I am always amazed to read how the human suffering and the trajectory of war remains the same whether it is fought between two tribes, two countries, or two halves of the world.

[Ruthwriter]

It makes me remember the tears of the sun and the American Revolution. These books are all about war too, with people's voices echoing to heaven as regards their rights.

[princejal]

Im not really a fan of war literature and I think this was my first war book.

[Valeria Rotaru]

I read both the Iliad and Farewell to Arms. I only watched Gone with the Wind. To me Gone with the Wind is one of the best movie adaptions for war themed movies and books. Farewell to Arms is also great, but it is more of a romanticized drama between the main character and his girlfriend. Gone with the Wind expresses more aptly the tragedies of the war. The Iliad portrays the Trojan War, which was a mythological war, meaning not real. If you want to read a book that focuses more on the actual things that happened on the front, I suggest you read All Quiet on the Western Front by Enrich Maria Remarque.

[Aarya Gondkar]

Hi Radhika! I haven't read many books with the main theme of war, but I have two suggestions for you, that are related to the Hindu epics of Mahabharat and Ramayan. Don't worry, they are not extremely religious or anything, but they focus instead on the women affected in the famous epics whose husbands are glorified in the wars. Hence, it shows how war affects people other than its heroes, specifically from the wives' point of view. 'The Palace Of Illusions' and 'The Forest Of Enchantment' both by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Hope you like them!

[FunkyFlowerLady]

I haven't read any war literature other than this one, and this too is not quite about the war. It rather depicts the extensive effects of the war on people far and wide. After reading this book, I may read Gone with the Wind, although I do know the story.

[Obi Egbuniwe]

It's focus on citizens and civilians in a time of war and not just on the soldiers was very fresh and welcome.

[Fajarr]

Other war books just give accounts of the war and not really anything like this one.

[Charles lib]

I have read a lot of war literature but this one was quite different, it stared a lot of memories and I felt the pain of the victims cut up in the warehouse r

[Timothy Rucinski]

I've read a lot of war literature, but there is a difference between novels that depict the horrors of war on the front lines (War and Peace; The Naked and the Dead; For Whom the Bell Tolls) to those that deal with war on the homefront, such as this novel. Often, the effects of war, as in The Sun Also Rises, can be devastating as they highlight the aftermath of war's terrors on the main characters and their behavior. This book falls in between, but it is no less effective, especially given the depiction of the Kent State killings.