/lit/ - Literature

>>6542546
>Quo Vadis

It sounds good. Does it have feels? Pic related is my contribution.

>>5939641

ww2 was sort of like two unstoppable demon armies colliding with some elves frantically trying to preserve some order

>Europe Central by William T. Vollmann

In this magnificent work of fiction, acclaimed author William T. Vollmann turns his trenchant eye on the authoritarian cultures of Germany and the USSR in the twentieth century to render a mesmerizing perspective on human experience during wartime. Through interwoven narratives that paint a composite portrait of these two battling leviathans and the monstrous age they defined, Europe Central captures a chorus of voices both real and fictional- a young German who joins the SS to fight its crimes, two generals who collaborate with the enemy for different reasons, the Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich and the Stalinlist assaults upon his work and life. With these and other unforgettable stories, Vollmann breathes life into a haunting chapter from the past and gives us a daring literary masterpiece

"Resembling War and Peace not merely in its scope, but in its perception of history as a determining force that individual lives merely illustrate... Aspires to the highest possible potential of literature."

page count: 752

tl;dr a single fiction book that turns you into a WW2 expert