War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans is is part history, part biography, and part autobiography all compiled as a novel. It is the portrait of a man, an artist by choice and a soldier by necessity. The descriptive narration conjures up vivid images of time and place. The descriptive narration and the multiple narrators, however, also create distance between reader and character, making it more difficult to engage with the story.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2016/08/war-turpentine.html.
Reviewed for the Penguin First to Read program.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2016/08/war-turpentine.html.
Reviewed for the Penguin First to Read program.
