“Sooner or later…one has to take sides. If one is to remain human.” ― Graham Greene, The Quiet American Brighton Rock was my first exposure to Graham Greene, and it wasn’t pleasant. I found it quite morbid, but the writing appealed to me. I chanced upon ‘The Quiet American’ while staying at a friend’s place and picked it up because it was a slim book and I could get through it in a few days. …
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The Things They Carried: Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam War Classic (USA)
by VipulaRevisiting Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried is a stark reminder of why it remains an American classic. Stripping away all illusions of glory, it exposes the raw, painful psychological depths of the Vietnam War. What is the most powerful war novel or memoir you have ever read?