![]() But this set-up does not work on the majority of villagers, a people who refuse to be conquered. ![]() “Pretend we’re not here.” Their thought is to own a foothold in the region, in case the future demanded a stronger position, but in the meantime to just play the friendly-guardian card. “Live your lives like normal,” they tell the people. Set in WWII when a German division invades a European village, the invaders attempt to maintain a presence in the village without fulling taking it over. ![]() This piece of literature is an excellent appraisal of the human sides of war. It’s not even the power of metaphor! I’ve read both great examples and poor of all of these, yet when I pick up a book, I feel like I know whether a piece is truly literature or not. It’s not the amount of internal musings over the level of action. It can’t simply be the name of the author or the echoing effects one massive literary hit has on everything else he writes. ![]() It’s fascinating to me to consider what differentiates an average piece of fiction from true literature. ![]() “The famous novel of a town that fough back against the Nazi conquerors in World War II” ![]()
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