Tag Archives: World War II

Book Review: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Tietsu

Half Holocaust chronicle, half psychoanalytical pimping, this book straddles a strange place stuck between delving into the human condition and feeling good like some sort of literary infomercial. Fortunately, what it’s selling isn’t vulgar and is ultimately as ethereal and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: United States of Japan by Peter Tieryas

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Tietsu

Look, I saw a book with a giant mech on it and proclaimed itself about United States of Japan. This was worth a laugh, an ‘ah, how silly’, because indeed it was silly. But then something changed. I saw an endorsement … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Tin Drum by Günter Grass

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Tietsu

After World War II, as one can imagine, Germany was in something of a bind when it came to moving forward. What is the correct way to move forward after an all but global rebuttal to the government of Hitler’s … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Hiroshima by John Hersey

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Tietsu

This is an excellent book to start with if you are curious about the bombing of Hiroshima and have little historical context for it. As it stands though the book falls a bit flat on a historical narrative and instead … Continue reading →

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