TWO WAR NOVELS FALL FLAT
Coleman, Mcalister
Two War Novels Fall Flat BEHOLD TROUBLE, by Granville Hicks. Macmil-lan. $2.75. ACCOUNT RENDERED, by Vera Brittain. Macmil-lan. $3. Reviewed by McAlister Coleman HERE are two novels dealing...
...Reviewed by McAlister Coleman HERE are two novels dealing with war's repercussions upon sensitive personalities...
...Hicks', but to me, at any rate, the people remain somewhat lifeless symbols in whose fate I cannot take a warm interest, try as conscientiously as I will...
...While it is a blessed relief to have something about the war which is not all flattops, rafts, and bombers, this reviewer must confess that though he was sympathetic to the points of view expressed by both authors, he was not moved by either novel...
...There is plenty of action, a murder in Miss Brittain's story and shooting galore in Mr...
...In Vera Brittain's book a musician who had been through World War I is forced to face the challenge of another and even greater catastrophe...
...Hicks's novel a conscientious objector "looked for peace" and there was trouble of a tragic nature in the small town where he lived...
...In Mr...
Vol. 9 • May 1945 • No. 20
