Tag: this above all

This Above All – Eric Knight It’s a classic that’s been on my list forever. Interesting that knowing the story I always thought it would be one of those hard to read, depressing war-time stories, but it is nothing of that sort. Of course it’s sad, but still there is this gleam of hope all along that comes through even despair. That is what – in my opinion – makes it lighter compared to other war-time literature. I loved Hemingway’s Farewell to arms or For whom the bell tolls but at certain points when he started philosophizing about war I…