03/05/2026
Wann d'Liz e Buch recommandéiert, da lauschtere mir ëmmer ganz gutt no. Hei ass seng Meenung iwwert d'Buch "In Memoriam" geschriwwe vum Alice Winn:
"I finished In Memoriam weeks ago and it hasn’t left my mind since.
It begins with such a vivid, almost nostalgic picture of boyhood. A glimpse into the lives of privileged teenagers in the English countryside, full of ideals and a kind of untouched innocence. And then, almost before you can settle into it, everything shifts. These boys are sent to war, into the trenches, into a reality no one could ever really be prepared for.
Alice Winn captures both the horror of war and the tenderness of a love that struggles to exist within it. What stayed with me most is how quietly the book shows the erosion of who these boys were, how the war doesn’t just take lives, but reshapes them, strips them down, and leaves these boys clinging to whatever fragments of themselves they still recognise. The love at its centre isn’t something that gets to exist easily. It’s fragile, often unspoken, and shaped by fear, repression, and everything they’re going through.
A heart-wrenching story that still manages to hold something soft and beautiful at its core."
