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It is hard to separate my response to the author's tragic story from my response to this novel.
What an extraordinary work. We want so to keep reading. The author's own tragic story is even more compelling than this too-short novel.
This is an epic story of WW II and the occupation (by Germany) of France. The author, who was Jewish, was killed at Auschwitz after completing only the first two parts of a planned 5-part novel.
Her writing is sensual - full of sights, sounds, tastes, texture, smells ...more
What an extraordinary work. We want so to keep reading. The author's own tragic story is even more compelling than this too-short novel.
This is an epic story of WW II and the occupation (by Germany) of France. The author, who was Jewish, was killed at Auschwitz after completing only the first two parts of a planned 5-part novel.
Her writing is sensual - full of sights, sounds, tastes, texture, smells ...more
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Navah
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Kris (My Novelesque Life)
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