by Tatjana Soli
This was a terrific read, which came through despite my not reading it in the usual way. I tend to be a fast, voracious reader. I'd have ordinarily made my way through this book in a few days, not a few weeks, but lately I've been forced to put my spare time and energy elsewhere. I'm not sure if tha...
Note: I won a copy of The Lotus Eaters through participating in a Goodreads giveaway on this site. I want to thank Goodreads, the publisher and the author for giving me the opportunity to read this book.The Lotus Eaters is a historical fiction about three photojournalists brought together during the...
I've read a number of novels set during the Vietnam era, but none from the perspective used in Tatjana Solis' debut novel, The Lotus Eaters: that of the press, photographers in-country documenting the war for wire services and publications. Published back in the USA, their work was one of the fact...
Wow! Can this really be Tatjana Soli's first novel? She pierces right through all the bullshit about war in general and the Vietnam debacle in particular. I've learned to steer clear of most novels about Vietnam because there's usually too much of the macho jungle combat detail. I'm glad I made an...
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