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A selection of letters and diaries on the eve of the Armistice.
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Peter, getting better. Brilliant use of narrative voice.
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Perfect epistolary story, set around the Armistice. Wonderful character voices.
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Perfect voices. A true gem of a story. I wanted it to go on and become an entire book.
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21 Oct 1918.-- Saunders has toothache and refuses to do anything about it, silly woman, walking around with her cheek swollen and smiling horribly at everyone like a perfect martyr, so tiresome of her and I have no patience with it -- have made appointment for her with Mr. Platt down in the village, whose ideas on sedation really quite modern, nothing like that horrible tooth-drawer my father had us visit when I was a girl, like something out of Hoffmann or am I thinking of Grimm?
Honoria is supremely wonderful, and she loves Peter so.
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A wonderful glimpse into the lives of Peter and his family around the time of the Armistice, as told in letters, diary entries, and other documents. The slightly unconventional form works well and the character voices are all absolutely perfect.
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from eruthros: which, oh my god. It's a beautiful epistolary piece featuring basically everyone in this circle around Peter, affected by his return and his shell-shock. And there's just perfect Duchess of Denver and Miss Climpson voices, which must be really hard styles to match. <3s