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From While the horrors of war are never far from the surface, the love stories, as well as Helen's personal evolution, lie at the center of The Lotus Eaters . (A few critics compared Helen's wartime experience to the rush experienced by characters in the Academy Award–winning The Hurt Locker , and the title refers to the lotus eaters who, in Greek mythology, become addicted to the opiate.)_ _Soli's visceral writing captures an alluring, dangerous country, and she excels at conveying the intricacies of war-torn lives. A few critics disagreed about the centrality of the romance and the characterizations, but overall, they had little but high praise for the work. "If you've never read a novel about the Vietnam War, this could be the book for you," concluded the Dallas Morning News . From Soli’s debut revolves around three characters whose lives are affected by the Vietnam War. Helen Adams comes to Vietnam in the hopes of documenting the combat that took her brother from her. She immediately attracts the attention of the male journalists in the region, and quickly falls into an affair with the grizzled but darkly charismatic war photographer Sam Darrow. As Helen starts to make her

Who reads The Lotus Eaters?

Author

Soli, Tatjana

Publisher

Macmillan

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312674441

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.84 / 5 (9,194 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14