Boling creates an extremely strong sense of time and place. The people, the culture, the food, the impending horror of war and amidst it all a family that you have to love. I will have to give Boling his due in creating such warm characters and then being willing to sacrifice some later in the book, but that unfortunately tracks with real life. A wonderful read, an educational experience and most of all a book that leaves you with a great sense of worth, of the people, time and culture. Kad se piše knjiga o nečemu što se stvarno dogodilo, i kad je to nešto tragično, užasno i mučno, onda treba znati pogoditi onu tanku liniju u kojoj čitatelj, uz tugu, grozu i žalost, tijekom cijele priče sasvim dobro može u sebi pobuditi i osjećaj za dobrotu, ljepotu, sentimentalnost, ali i humor. "Guernica" je prva knjiga Davea Bolinga i mogu reći da je napisao jako dobar roman. U strahotu koja se dogodila u Guernici, 26. travnja 1937., uspio je uklopiti divnu obiteljsku priču, nekoliko dubokih ljubavi, prijateljstva, domoljublje... na više od 400 stranica. Iako sam si, čitajući, često (ne znam po koji put u životu) postavila ono (naivno?) pitanje - 'Zašto se loše stvari gotovo u pravilu događaju dobrim ljudima?' (i ne, nisam došla do odgovora, i dosad mi nitko nije uspio dati zadovoljavajuć i logičan odgovor na to), ipak sam sinoć čitanje završila s osmijehom. Pročitajte, vjerujem da bi vam dobro došlo. I čitanje ove knjige, i osmijeh.
What do You think about Guernica (2008)?
one of those rare books that was really well written, but also with a good story line
—CoachWoji
Read and re-reading to link with Paul Preston's The Spanish Holocaust.
—trkdrivinguy30
Predictable "twist" at the end, but still a very moving story.
—cara
Will rate this book after our Book Readers' Group has met.
—ceasar2008
