The Aftermath
by:
Rhidian Brook (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780670922918 (0670922919)
Publish date: June 26th 2013
Publisher: Viking
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
History,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
War,
World War II,
Holocaust,
Germany
The premise seemed interesting, but I didn't feel as enthused once I got a few chapters in. I wasn't always convinced of the time period, partly due to the language, and it felt like a lot of heavy-handed telling rather than showing right off the bat. After several tedious conversations, some clun...
World War II, which historian Max Hastings called "the greatest and most terrible event in human history," will never fail to be a subject that fascinates historians, novelists and readers. Lately, though, it seems that the immediate aftermath of the war has caught writers' interest. Just off the to...