Part of my early courtship with Todd involved a lovely hike in Cascade Springs where we discussed our mutual love for World War I literature. Another part involved a lunch on a BYU lawn where we discussed our mutual love for Dante's Divine Comedy. These two events sealed the deal.
Anyway, I haven't read any War literature for a while but I heard a really fascinating story just now on NPR about an English fellow who has been using his blog to post letters his grandfather wrote while in the War. There is also an American woman who is doing the same. I heard some of the excerpts on the radio and here are the links to the blogs, which I think are so fascinating:
Harry Lamin: http://wwar1.blogspot.com/
Paul Hills: http://www.theworld.org/?q=aggregator/sources/70
There are also some online resources about the piece today at: http://www.theworld.org/
3 comments:
Did you ever read All Quiet on the Western Front?
Also, WW2, but did you ever read The English Patient?
no! i know, crazy. i have read a bunch of ww1 list but for some reason missed out on that.
and i've been meaning to read the english patient ... it's on our shelf.
Oh, you REALLY need to read All Quiet. I don't really like war stuff, but that book is amazing.
I just finished The English Patient. It was really beautiful. Very lyrical.
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