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The Wars

by Timothy Findley

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girlunderglass in 50 Book Challenge : spacepotatoes 50 Books for 2009 (May 19, 2009, 5:14pm)

... one on Bookmooch but since other people recommended that I read something - anything - by him, I mooched another one called The Wars. Haven't read it yet but hope I'll end up enjoying it! Anyway, good luck with Anna Karenina - you are brave to attempt this! :)

mountebank in Canadian Literature : What Canadian Literature are you reading now? (Mar 5, 2009, 9:45pm)

... in WWI, so I'm looking forward to getting in deeper. I'm hoping to perhaps draw some parallels with Timothy Findley's The Wars, another Canadian fictionalization of the period. In the meantime, I'll be adding Remembering the Bones to my list. Thank you.

dylanwolf in Book Nudgers : Nickelini needs a nudge (Nov 7, 2008, 5:25pm)

... Famous Last Words but haven't yet read anything else by him - Pilgrim awaits on my shelves; so I can't comment on The Wars but I'd be interested to read it. Neither Amsterdam, nor Surfacing are McEwan or Atwood at their best. Black Dogs is fairly middling too. The Prime ...

d2vge in Book talk : The Great War (Jul 25, 2008, 8:34am)

I agree with the suggestion of All Quiet on the Western Front. The Wars by Timothy Findley. Also the Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker is good, although more about the effects of WWI on the men's psyches than their experiences in combat.

dihiba in What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - July 2007 (Jul 31, 2007, 8:06pm)

Another visit to the library sale today netted me: (a good night for Margarets and Davids) The Wars by Timothy Findley Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood How Green was my Valley by Richard Llewellyn In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner by Margaret George Baltimore's Mansion ...

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