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Apr 27, 2020 · Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche. An epic novel set in 1960s Nigeria, during a conflict for independence between Nigeria and the state of Biafra. Hum If You Don’t Know the Words by Bianca Marais. A heartbreaking story set in South Africa during the Apartheid in the 1970s. Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín.
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Apr 24, 2017 · Among the many books we’ve read have been several historical novels: One Crazy Summer (set in 1968 Oakland), Esperanza Rising (Mexico and California during the Great Depression), Moon Over Manifest (1930s Kansas), Chains (Revolutionary War) among others. An unintended benefit of having read so much historical fiction with these kids is that ...
Feb 3, 2022 · When you read a historical fiction book, you also consume an enormous amount of information on the subject you're reading about. Plus, whenever you read a novel, you have to remember tons of information about the story's plot and subplots, the characters and their relationships, and the environment in which the story takes place.
Apr 14, 2015 · Historical fiction allows us to “ understand the extremes of human behaviour.”. The novel can explore “various ways of facing, understanding and living with the horrific events in the past.”. Historical fiction helps us retain the past. Noble purposes indeed. Something to think about the next time you enjoy historical fiction.
Reading history allows us to understand what happened. Reading historical fiction allows us to be moved by what happened. Even after we know the facts, we continue to search for sense and meaning. That is at the essence of our humanity. The historical novelist exposes the reader to the inner lives of people across time and place, and in doing ...
Oct 3, 2024 · Here are some of the insights that explain the relevance of historical novels. 1. Historical Novels Preserve Cultural Heritage. How historical fiction shows us the lives of the people in the past ...
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Sep 14, 2016 · Cliché, perhaps, but historical fiction does ‘make history alive.’. Through narrative, details, dialogue, scene description, a reader feels more connected with the story then through a straight-up historic text. Makes you WANT to read the ‘real story.’. Upon my next bookstore outing, I will be picking up a copy of Houdini’s biography.
