John B. Williams, (J. B. Williams)
Autore di Love and Hate
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Fonte dell'immagine: J. B. Williams
Opere di John B. Williams, (J. B. Williams)
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Breve biografia
- Originally trained as a electronics design engineer but took up writing as a hobby in the 1970s. Pressure of work caused him to put this on one side until 2005 when he took it up more seriously. The result has been a number of books both fiction and non-fiction. These will gradually appear on Librarything over the next few months.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 3
- Utenti
- 7
- Popolarità
- #1,123,407
- Voto
- 3.0
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 12
Set in post-WWII Amsterdam, this story concerns the encounter between two survivors of the death camps - Jan and Clara. Both have lost family and are piecing together their lives in the midst of the chaos of a city newly freed from the tyranny of war.
Clara's journey is difficult - she is subsumed with hate for anything to do with the German regime and cannot bring herself to trust anyone. Jan identifies her as a kindred spirit and makes it his mission to help her.
This is a touching love story. I really enjoyed the description of life in Amsterdam and the growing family of people who care for the young couple.
I've read a fair bit of similar (i.e. WWII survivor) fiction recently and this measures up quite well. Apart from some basic proofreading errors and poor quality printing throughout - this was annoying - I enjoyed it. Plot-wise, I found the ending a little brief and therefore slightly disappointing. I would have liked a more in-depth look at Jan's journey when he is the one needing support.
These things aside, this was a good read. As far as I know, it is well researched with good attention to detail. It opened my eyes to some of the after-effects of war and the personal suffering attached to stories of survival. Why not try it?… (altro)