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Eleven
A Month in the Country
A Tale of the Dispossessed: A Novel
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Island of a Thousand Mirrors
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This is much more a war story than I expected going in. And even more than other war stories I've read, it tells of atrocities, of insanities, of screaming suffering, of inconsistent traps with no way out that I just can't wrap my head around. The humans outside of the main family here seem to have lost their humanity, and I was desperate for them to regain it at every turn.I feel like the war is the main character in this story much more than any of the individual people. It's really well-written, but I only felt that I was beginning to get to know Mikal toward the end of the book -- he's tough to get to know. It's his defining characteristic, I know. But most of the other characters were distant, as well.
So it's well-written but not an easy read. You should probably prepare yourself before diving in.
