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Carregando... Play for a Kingdomde Thomas Dyja
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I got this book because I enjoy reading historical fiction, particularly about the Civil War; and I also wanted to read it because of the tie-in to baseball. My father pitched in church league softball for years, and both my brothers played little league. One of my brothers played baseball in both high school and college and then continued on to Twilight league. I spent most of my childhood and much of my adult life following baseball games at one level or another of play. So, the idea of Confederates and Yankees meeting on a make-shift baseball field was interesting to me. This is not to imply, though, that any special knowledge of baseball or the Civil War is necessary to enjoying this book. It is riveting all on its own. Dyja has quite a story to tell, and he does it by taking a group of men of various backgrounds and merging them into a story about evaluating their own lives as well as what each of them comes to believe is his purpose as a soldier. The key moment for me was when one of the men, with more insight than is the norm, realizes that he is not in the war situation to win anything. He is there either to kill or be killed and that is all. For me, Dyja brilliantly makes the point that whether it's the war in Afghanistan or Iraq or the Civil War, war is war whatever century it takes place and no matter what men are forced to fight it. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys excellent writing and storytelling as well as what humanity is really all about. ( ) sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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In this “brilliantly imagined and neatly plotted” Civil War novel (Boston Globe), two battle-scarred companies-one Union, one Confederate-embark on a series of baseball games amid the carnage at Spotsylvania. “Wonderfully conceived and eloquently executed” (Caleb Carr). Maps. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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