Title: Picks up where Appelfeld leaves off
Product review: Aharon Appelfeld writes novels about life and living just before and at the beginning of the Nazi era. But there's a step that the Appelfeld books I've read don't go beyond. This book goes beyond that step - well beyond, and it's an extremely harrowing experience. So harrowing, in fact, that I simply couldn't finish the book.The writing and style is shaky - it varies from extremely good to jumpy and poorly written. But considering the subject of this novel, the style of the writing doesn't really matter. It's the time and place that are important here, and despite the variance of style, MacMillan more than puts his point across. As one reviewer has already said, do not pick up this book expecting an easy read. I didn't, and yet I still couldn't finish it.
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