So, we are in 1919. The Great War ended, but it continues to take a toll on ordinary men and women. Those who fought in it and those who waited for their loved ones to return from it are affected and haunted by memories. Tristan is one of those who experienced a lot during his service. He endured the trench war in France, which was full of dirt, pain, and the almost constant risk of being killed. What an intellectual pleasure it has been to read these texts. Anderson has a real ability for illuminating and succinct generalization. Times Higher Educational Supplement

Political, personal, powerful... a fiercely interrogative novel that asks not just what it means to be a man but also what it means to be a human being in the extreme circumstances of war.

I sat down again, wishing I had never been brought here. It was as if I had walked onstage into the middle of a dramatic play, where the other characters are already engaged in a battle that has been going on for some years but which only now, upon my arrival, is allowed to reach a climax.” Nakamura, Hajime (1964). The Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples: India-China-Tibet-Japan. University of Hawaii Press. pp.53–57. ISBN 978-0-8248-0078-9. , Quote: "Thus the ultimate Absolute presumed by the Indians is not a personal god but an impersonal and metaphysical Principle. Here we can see the impersonal character of the Absolute in Indian thought. The inclination of grasping Absolute negatively necessarily leads (as Hegel would say) to the negation of the negative expression itself." politics , political science ) an absolutist ( one who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government ) Enlightened Absolutism describes absolute monarchies that were influenced by the social and political reforms of the Age of Enlightenment.

John Boyne is the kind of writer described as a "popular novelist". He certainly is that, in the literal sense that his novel for younger readers, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – concerning the friendship between the son of a concentration camp commandant and a child inmate – has sold 5m copies. It was contended by some that Boyne, a young Irishman, had no right to visit such highly charged territory, to which he gracefully responded by asking whether only the people who were in the camps were entitled to write about them, and pointing out that his own work might lead readers to other books, "better than my own", on the same subject. You fought in the Great War?” a journalist from The Guardian asked me in a long interview to coincide with the presentation of the prize. Umehara, Takeshi (1970). "Heidegger and Buddhism". Philosophy East and West. 20 (3): 271–281. doi: 10.2307/1398308. JSTOR 1398308.I was born in Dublin, Ireland, and studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. In 2015, I was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by UEA. Looks like he's the one in charge’, he says, nodding in the direction of the sergeant. ‘I need a word with him. Not that he's likely to listen to me, of course. But I'll have my say, I promise you that.’