Very slow moving plot, but worth the read because it's told from a Slavic solider's point of view and describes the Southern Front of War World One. It also tells of the sniper history of WW1 trenches. I had to constantly google background information to keep up with the story but it was a very ...
There's part of my life I'll never get back. I was eager to learn about Hungary since it is part off my heritage. I also confess to not knowing much of world war one so I was a little interested in the historical aspect. I was not interested in the detailed miserable conditions and events through...
As someone interested in Eastern European history, I enjoyed this book greatly. Each of the three sections of the novel was well-developed, providing a different facet of the narrator's life within its historical context. Although a quick read, this novel isn't the easiest read. Some of the se...
A very moving portrait of a young man in World War I that feels deceptively simple, at times. It is brutal and powerful; a scene toward the end of the novel left me close to tears. It shows the way that war and nature carelessly throw lives away for finite, unclear goals. The bodies are strewn...