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Deborah Eisenberg recommended Skylark in Books (curated)

 
Skylark
Skylark
Dezso Kosztolanyi | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Written after the end of WWI, which upended the globe, but set in 1901 in a provincial town where nothing, nothing, nothing at all can change, this enchanting, witty, shattering, profoundly compassionate fable-like short novel seems to contain all the world’s pain in an iridescent soap-bubble."

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Jul 9, 2025  
"An Echo of Ashes is a story lost to time, then found again in century-old letters that lay in a tattered box."

Excerpt: An Echo of Ashes by Ron Allen Ames - #TheCoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #WWI, #SpanishInfluenza, #HistoricalFiction,

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/excerpt-an-echo-of-ashes-by-ron-allen-ames
     
Wonder Woman (2017)
Wonder Woman (2017)
2017 | Action, Fantasy, War
Some good action scenes (0 more)
Yeah, that's the real way the ended WWI (0 more)
Let's suspend all belief
I am all for some fiction in movies.... I just cannot get past how this moving ignored so much actual history to bring this story to a conclusion. I am all for woman power, but I hated this movie.
  
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Harshini (25 KP) Mar 25, 2018

Not to be rude, but yes, because otherwise, it is completely true to the world, right? Demigods, the Greek gods, and Themyscira - they all exist. It was just the whole disregard for historical events that the movie changed/added in.

1917 (2020)
1917 (2020)
2020 | Drama, War
Pretty unique take on a World War 1 war movie. Unique story and very unique styling.

Follows two individuals as they attempt to deliver an urgent message to the front lines in the trenches of WWI, directly in the line of fire.

There are some slow times during the movie but the highs definitely make up for the lows, and there will be emotions.
  
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey
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This new historical fiction book is also biographical fiction, and it might appeal to lovers of historical fantasy, because of the paranormal elements included. "Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey" tells the story of a soldier in WWI and the homing pigeon that helped rescue his battalion. I hope you'll take a look at my #bookreview of this beautifully written novel by Kathleen Rooney​ on my blog now.
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2020/08/07/perching-in-perilous-pockets/
  
Girls on the Line
Girls on the Line
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The women who went to Europe in 1917 as signal corps officers with the US Army, played an enormous part in helping bring the “Great War” to its conclusion. However, until 1979, they were literally the unsung heroes of WWI, because the army refused to recognize them as proper soldiers. This injustice brought author Aimie K. Runyan to write this gripping historical fiction novel, that highlights these women and their contributions. You can read my #bookreview of “Girls on the Line” on my blog now.