MacKinlay Kanor's Andersonville is oneof the most difficult books I've ever read, the other also based on true American history: The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair.
Completely different settings and subjects, what they share in common is that they are written so lucidly about such dark and dire experience in the nation's past.
What made them so hard for me to continue reading either one to completion is the fact that doing so caused me to feel physically ill. The depths of pity they evoke ensured days of depression during reading and afterward.
Their power to move a reader is truly remarklable, so proceed with caution, a long lasting impression will likley result from the ordeal.
Completely different settings and subjects, what they share in common is that they are written so lucidly about such dark and dire experience in the nation's past.
What made them so hard for me to continue reading either one to completion is the fact that doing so caused me to feel physically ill. The depths of pity they evoke ensured days of depression during reading and afterward.
Their power to move a reader is truly remarklable, so proceed with caution, a long lasting impression will likley result from the ordeal.
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