*Human Acts,* by Han Kang, opens during the Gwangju Uprising / Massacre.
It’s a little different, but Anthony Doerr’s *All the Light We Cannot See* has one character who attends a Nazi state boarding school, and one of his friends refuses some of the lessons.
*For Whom the Bell Tolls*, but Ernest Hemingway, is set during the Spanish Civil War, and the protagonist is in an anti-fascist brigade.
*The Complete Persepolis*, Marjane Satrapi. A graphic novel. Much of it is set in Iran during and after the Islamic Revolution. The characters are not combatants, but mostly young people trying to be young people when doing so is dangerous.
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My favorite genre! Try:
V for Vendetta – Alan Moore
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
1984 – George Orwell
We – Yevgeny Zamyatin
The Man in the High Castle – Philip K Dick
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
*Human Acts,* by Han Kang, opens during the Gwangju Uprising / Massacre.
It’s a little different, but Anthony Doerr’s *All the Light We Cannot See* has one character who attends a Nazi state boarding school, and one of his friends refuses some of the lessons.
*For Whom the Bell Tolls*, but Ernest Hemingway, is set during the Spanish Civil War, and the protagonist is in an anti-fascist brigade.
*The Complete Persepolis*, Marjane Satrapi. A graphic novel. Much of it is set in Iran during and after the Islamic Revolution. The characters are not combatants, but mostly young people trying to be young people when doing so is dangerous.