chaliepud Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Is the lead character female? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Is it The Girl with the Glass Feet by Ali Shaw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 That's the one! Well done, Janet, over to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Thanks - I really enjoyed that book. I think this'll go fairly quickly... "The past not only changed, but changed continuously. What most afflicted him with the sense of nightmare was that he had never clearly understood why the huge imposture was undertaken. The immediate advantages of falsifying the past were obvious, but the ultimate motive was mysterious." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 A classic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 It it from the 19 or early 20 century? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 It was published after WWII Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) Hmm.. Seems very vaguely familiar, is it a female author? Edited December 16, 2013 by chaliepud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Nope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Is it in any way influenced by WWII? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I would say so, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 (edited) When I read the quote, I started thinking about Replay by Ken Grimwood, but I know that's not it... Is this non-fiction? Edit: Nah, it doesn't read like non-fiction... Is the author American? Edited December 18, 2013 by frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Not non-fiction. The author was British... but born, I'm pretty sure, in India. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 That's definitely going to narrow it down... Ooooh. Hmm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Isn't that George Orwell? If it is, someone else guess because I' ve only read his Animal Farm. (:ashamed:) I'll have to correct that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Going down the Orwell route, 1984? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Correct, Brian - well done. Your go. (And congrats, Sara, for getting the author). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 "Not so easy," he said. "Yes," I said, "but that was a special case because it was a fortress rather than a mountain, anyway. The Austrians had been fortifying it for years." I meant tactically speaking in a war where there was some movement a succession of mountains were nothing to hold as a line because it was too easy to turn them. You should have possible mobility and a mountain is not very mobile. Also, people always over-shoot downhill. If the flank were turned, the best men would be left on the highest mountains. I did not believe in a war in mountains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Is it from the 20 century? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 World War One or Two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Is it from the 20 century? Yes World War One or Two? World War 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Written at the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 It was published between the wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimes Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Fiction or non-fiction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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