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#WanderingJune Can‘t say why I purchased these two books yesterday when I have hundreds of others on my TBR but #BlameItOnLitsy is the cause. Tagged book is a story of 4 #Russian(s) soldiers as they wait between battles, which doesn‘t sound all that exciting but I‘ve seen/read good reviews.

This was shortlisted for #InternationalManBooker2019

Beautiful captured moments between a group of soldiers who are waiting for the next battle. While the story is plotless, chapters and sentences are short, written in simple prose, the final effect is the opposite of this modesty. Rich in emotions, but without sentimentality, and while this story is set in wartime it is (almost) without battlefield. Elegant and absorbing. #MBIP2019 #ManBookerInternationalPrize ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#manbookerinternational2019 #hoopla This was a short, sweet novel about a small group of soldiers in the Russian Civil War. This isn‘t a war novel, though. It‘s about the friendship between the four young men of the title, how their friendship grows, and how it quickly falls apart in the face of war. The writing is spare and direct to the point of feeling choppy. It is also, unfortunately, spare of details of time and place. Overall 3.5⭐️ #mbi2019

I found this story of four young friends in WWI very moving. It was simple but rich. A quick read, but I think it‘ll stay with me. A rare find.

30 minutes spare... bring on #decklife

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This short book was my first of the mbi longlist this year and like 'a meal in winter ' it is about the experience of war for the ordinary soldier. This centres on four Russian men fighting in the civil war post revolution who find unusual frienship and respite for a short period. Remarkably simple story but when you put it down it's effect is profound.

I went a bit crazy today when i took 2 bks back to the library and came out with 7! My reserved bk was an elusive womens prize nominee. But as i love translated fiction + the IB list was out this week, i was excited to find 2 nominees and if the title bk is half as good as A meal in winter i will be pleased. And after watching the ridiculous state of politics this wk i need to escape so international literature is my small protest at brexit.