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A review by oleksandr
Time Was by Ian McDonald
3.0
This is a novella that was nominated for 2019 Philip K. Dick Award and can be short-listed for Hugo and Nebula Awards.
A London’s book-dealer, who specializes in WW2 history finds a rare poetry book, titled Time was. The book is nothing special but there is a love letter, written during the war, from Tom to Ben. The WW2 aficionado, our protagonist starts to dig deeper to find more about the pair and soon gets a photo. That would be the end, but another photo of presumable the same men of the same age is found, dated with the WW1. The book-dealer tries to find out what the matter.
The second story line is given from the POV of Tom in the 1940.
Good literary fiction, nothing ground-breaking but pleasant to read.
A London’s book-dealer, who specializes in WW2 history finds a rare poetry book, titled Time was. The book is nothing special but there is a love letter, written during the war, from Tom to Ben. The WW2 aficionado, our protagonist starts to dig deeper to find more about the pair and soon gets a photo. That would be the end, but another photo of presumable the same men of the same age is found, dated with the WW1. The book-dealer tries to find out what the matter.
The second story line is given from the POV of Tom in the 1940.
Good literary fiction, nothing ground-breaking but pleasant to read.