Set in Nazi Germany, a scholar and his family refuse to see that their life is about to be torn apart...A heartbreaking story of intolerance and love, of bravery and brutality. The simple prose and clean writing are almost as heartbreaking as the story of lovers parted.
A pleasure to read.
Review by Alicia Ponder
2 comments:
Alicia, I'm reading this book, too, to review - and, puzzled but the formal, almost archaic, language and the feel of a fable rather than a novel, decided to google and see what other reviewers thought ... to find yours! I'm not far into it, so your review is encouraging.
I agree - very much a fable - in terms of style and content. I think the formality gives distance, wheras more modern writing would make the story far too wrought, and in many ways destroy the real emotions in this quite dark book.
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