![]() ![]() Read a transcript from the FebruTwitter Book Club with Chris Bohjalian. It should be read strictly as a well constructed novel, not necessarily connected to historical fact, even though it is based on a diary. There is tragedy, romance, friendship, violence, many, many deaths until the end, when few characters are left to enjoy the historical peace. The Germans fear the Russians the most, with good reason.Īs fiction there are many coincidences in the interrelationships among the diverse characters with very different backgrounds. It can be assumed that the author used material. Other characters are created to round out the cast. The authors new novel is based on the diary of a friends German grandmother, kept from 1920 through 1945. We meet a Jew, who escapes a transport train, and poses as a German soldier. We meet a loyal German family who, at first, do not see that what the Hitler regime is doing is wrong. The plot is expertly constructed and the characters diverse but carefully intertwined. It can be assumed that the author used material pertaining to the final years of World War II and the Holocaust. ![]() The author’s new novel is based on the diary of a friend’s German grandmother, kept from 1920 through 1945. ![]()
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