Complex sentence: The trilogy is described by the New York Times "as" a fierce meditation on the horrors of war and its psychological aftermath, "and novelist Jonathan Coe describes it as" one of the few real masterpieces of late 20th century British fiction.
Split into simpler sentences: The trilogy is described by the New York Times "as" a fierce meditation on the horrors of war and its psychological aftermath. "Novelist Jonathan Coe describes it as" one of the few real masterpieces of late 20th century British fiction.