A biography of Rollo May written by my neighbor, Robert Abzug. It is an engaging read.
There is action, western, frontier type stuff.I enjoy reading when there's series. Is this action?
Going by Amazon and Good Reads reviews, folks seem to really like this one.I really enjoyed that one. A good book is a good book. I think it's worth the wait, for those who are pending the novel.
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“A brilliant and poignant history of the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, alongside a narrative investigation of the origins of PTSD and the literary response to World War I”
No matter the quantity or quality of written material or film, I don’t think we can fully grasp the depth of brutality experienced by soldiers in WW1. And we still grapple with the consequences in so many ways - emotional, political, economic to name but a few.
I have read a few of Sassoon’s works but poetry in general has never clicked for me (except for Kipling). But after reading this, I’ll search out some from both. It’s not a novel but a deep dive into the efforts of two British doctors that opened a facility near Edinburgh for the treatment of “shell shock” as PTSD was known then. Groundbreaking. I found it fascinating. Some poetry is included but you may want to turn elsewhere for their writings.Have you read either Sassoon or Owen's poetry? I enjoy poetry quite a bit, and that book sounds intriguing. I'm debating if I would have more interest in just reading their poems, opposed to reading a novel about the gentleman themselves.
I have read a few of Sassoon’s works but poetry in general has never clicked for me (except for Kipling). But after reading this, I’ll search out some from both. It’s not a novel but a deep dive into the efforts of two British doctors that opened a facility near Edinburgh for the treatment of “shell shock” as PTSD was known then. Groundbreaking. I found it fascinating. Some poetry is included but you may want to turn elsewhere for their writings.
Maybe I'm broke.
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“A brilliant and poignant history of the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, alongside a narrative investigation of the origins of PTSD and the literary response to World War I”
No matter the quantity or quality of written material or film, I don’t think we can fully grasp the depth of brutality experienced by soldiers in WW1. And we still grapple with the consequences in so many ways - emotional, political, economic to name but a few.
I would suggest reading Robert Graves' Goodbye To All That. A superb WW1 autobiography. It was written in 1929 I think, so it's 'fresh' in recall.Thanks! I looked up a couple of quick reviews of the book, but didn't get into enough of a description of what exactly the book was about.
Thanks for the kind words .I think you'll get there if you just be patient. My resurgence into reading was not overnight. It sounds like your interest has been piqued in different books and that's great. The fact that you're not being discouraged by not being into your short stories book or The Old Man in The Sea is a positive. I think most people have started books they thought they were going to like, but ended up abandoning. You might just need to find something that stimulates the desire to keep picking up the book.
Thanks for the kind words .
Thanks. I'm not understanding this word, even after looking it up.prose
I’m not sure if you saw this when looking up Prose but the first paragraph sums up prose nicely. It’s basically writing in the same way that a person talks.Thanks. I'm not understanding this word, even after looking it up.
I agree with this 100%. I used to be a voracious reader when still working on the ambulance. Hours of sitting on your butt waiting for a call makes for plenty of time to read. I could never read Hemingway unless I forced myself to. The stories themselves are great, but the way they’re written seems tedious, long winded, and almost boring at times.To me he is rather long winded and dark, and not an easy or particularly likeable author.
Whisky provides a nice definition, but I would say that prose often simply means written text not meant to be poetry. (I do not think I have the ability to talk about, say, "prose poetry"! David Foster Wallace had a lot to say about that.)Thanks. I'm not understanding this word, even after looking it up.
Well-said. I agree. Yet we read this type of thing about his writing, this from Wikipedia:I agree with this 100%. I used to be a voracious reader when still working on the ambulance. Hours of sitting on your butt waiting for a call makes for plenty of time to read. I could never read Hemingway unless I forced myself to. The stories themselves are great, but the way they’re written seems tedious, long winded, and almost boring at times.
Awesome thanks .prose often simply means written text not meant to be poetry
Connelly is great! I love the Bosch series - the books are better but the Amazon series does a great job with the material. I haven’t jumped into the LL series but I’m gonna fix that.View attachment 1814897
Finally got around to this one. Haller is NOT the lawyer I was expecting in this series. That being said, I grew to enjoy him and enjoyed the story that Connelly told. I can see myself continuing this series. May even give the Netflix show a try.