A review by bernrr
1914 by Jean Echenoz

3.0

Echenoz's short piece about the start of World War I paints the experience vividly, and that seemed to be the point. As an exercise in imagining history it is very effective, and it is more difficult to read for the gruesomeness. It lacks the punchy plot twists of Echenoz's other books. A sobering read.