Dennis McDonald’s BOOK REVIEWS Section
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Entries in Autobiography (3)
Elie Wiesel's NIGHT
This short book, newly re-translated into English, is the memory of a teenage Jewish boy who is sent to a series of German concentration camps during World War II.
Dennis D. McDonald
in History, Non Fiction, War, Autobiography
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Suketu Mehta's MAXIMUM CITY
The author, a Western educated writer who returns with his young family after 21 years away from Bombay, starts the book with a history of Bombay and some of its more unusual social and cultural aspects, such as its legacy of tenants’ rights that has stultified development and maintenance of the city’s vast population of rental units.
Dennis D. McDonald
in History, Non Fiction, Autobiography, Movies
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George Orwell's HOMAGE TO CATALONIA
Reading this book is essential to understanding Orwell since his experiences in the Spanish Civil War had such a profound effect on him. He saw with his own eyes how politicians in remote locations can cause death and destruction in the name of political ideals, ideals which Orwell points out are sometimes little more than an unapologetic quest for power in the name of high ideals.
Dennis D. McDonald
in History, Non Fiction, War, Autobiography
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