Fiction: 'Held' by Anne Michaels.

REFUGEE camps; FICTION; MOBIUS strip; LANDSCAPE photographers; WAR correspondents

Anne Michaels' novel "Held" explores the connection between the physical world and the realm of remembrance. The story begins with a British soldier named John, wounded during World War I, reflecting on his memories of his wife, Helena. The narrative jumps through time, following John and Helena's descendants and their experiences of war and loss. The novel delves into themes of death, memory, and the persistence of the deceased. Michaels' writing is poetic and filled with metaphoric significance, creating a parallel reality where the present and the absent coexist. [Extracted from the article]

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