Task 6: Read a Boxall list book that features World War I or another war, and then read a Boxall book from the other side of the conflict.

[Karen]

Use this Topic to discuss books you are reading or that fit the 6th Scavenger Hunt task.

Task 6: World War I began on July 28, 1914. Read a Boxall list book that features World War I or another war, and then read a Boxall book from the other side of the conflict. (Contributed by Jennifer Austin)

[Amanda]

I got a bit creative here because I'm low on books at this point but I thought it would be cool to do 'Garden of the Finzi-Continis' which is about a Jewish family starting to be persecuted by Mussolini in fascist pre-WWII Italy, and then "The German Lesson" which is about a boy post-WWII reflecting on his family beings Nazis during the war.

[Rosemary]

Thank you for mentioning The German Lesson, Amanda. I have If This Is A Man by Primo Levi, but I had no idea what I could pair with it.

[Nicola]

I think I'll go for Austerlitz and The Lonely Londoners. Besides their common theme, they both seem to be set in the UK and perhaps have a thread of lost identity and displacement. I'll know for sure once I've read them.

[Bob]

The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, 2/24/24, describes events connected to WWI from the English side. Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger is a description of the trench warfare based on a German soldier's diary, 3/16/24.

[Karen]

Under Fire, by Henri Barbusse deals with trench warfare on the French side in World War I.

[JM]

An unusual pick for this might be Independent People by Halldór Laxness, World War I brings short lived prosperity to poor Icelandic farmers. And they are happy that (quote) the idiots are killing each other. And it is a great book.