tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post8354497333996762513..comments2024-01-17T09:43:44.882-06:00Comments on The Frugal Chariot: Compassion for the CombatantsJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-31907003862265619612014-06-07T10:46:04.534-06:002014-06-07T10:46:04.534-06:00While difficult to read at times for the reason th...While difficult to read at times for the reason that you mention, I was not emotionally vested in the characters to the degree that affected me too much. In the case of Dr. Rivers I read the story as his education in the science of the mind of Sassoon.<br />I do not remember ever specifically seeking out other works to recover from disturbing books. I try to avoid books that might disturb me, Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-36662464611793602472014-06-07T09:35:19.330-06:002014-06-07T09:35:19.330-06:00War's harrowing effects on the human psyche se...War's harrowing effects on the human psyche seem well on display here, and not in the usual ways. Quite a read, from the sound of things. <br /><br />Do you find you ever have to read other works to recover from disturbing ones?Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-83545888320711981052014-06-06T16:33:37.439-06:002014-06-06T16:33:37.439-06:00Brian,
This is about an interesting condition that...Brian,<br />This is about an interesting condition that, I believe, was first being diagnosed during World War I. Pat Barker's approach to this issue in her historical novels, while different, pursues in part some of the same ends as Joseph Heller.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-787411278855399872014-06-06T08:18:43.571-06:002014-06-06T08:18:43.571-06:00This one sounds impressive.
The entire issue of ...This one sounds impressive. <br /><br />The entire issue of "curing" insanity so people can go back to combat, which itself is an insane thing to do was, of course tackled satirically by Joseph Heller in "Catch 22".Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com