Every man engaged in war tells himself he can alter what has been written, that it is he, not God, who is the maker of destiny, free to change what is meant to be.
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About Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman was a contemporary American novelist. Alice Hoffman is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1995 novel Practical Magic, which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war