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Chargement... The Ghost Keeperpar Natalie Morrill
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A sad novel that explores what people do in war and the guilt that can follow these decisions Joseph’ s friend Frederick works for and wears the Nazi armband in occupied Vienna. However he does help his friends escape and shelters a Jewish girl . Is he evil? Is there redemption ? ( )
There’s a remarkable scene early in Canadian writer Natalie Morrill’s debut novel The Ghost Keeper that appears joyous on paper, but is devastating in the reading experience....This is one of the book’s great successes. Holocaust victims – so familiar to us from grainy black-and-white photos of piles of bones or skeletal beings behind barbed wire – come alive in Morrill’s work in full, glorious colour. Before they were victims, they were regular people living happy little lives full of domestic and career ups and downs. Holocaust victims: They’re just like us....As good books do, this one invaded my life....There is great power in good historical fiction; it doesn’t just broaden understanding of what went on, but it puts flesh on the facts, and stays with you after the book is back on the shelf and you’ve returned to your life – as we are blessed to be able to do. Prix et récompensesDistinctionsListes notables
In the years between the two world wars, Josef Tobak builds a quiet life around his friendships, his beloved wife, Anna, and his devotion to the old Jewish cemeteries of Vienna. Then comes the Anschluss in 1938, and Josef's world is uprooted. His health disintegrates. His wife and child are forced to flee to China. His closest gentile friend joins the Nazi Party-and yet helps Josef escape to America. When the war ends, Josef returns to Vienna with his family and tries to make sense of what remains, including his former Nazi friend who, he discovers, protected Josef's young female cousin throughout the war. Back among his cemeteries in Austria's war-shattered capital, Josef finds himself beset by secrets, darkness and outward righteousness marred by private cruelty. As the truth is unearthed, Josef's care for the dead takes on new meaning while he confronts his own role in healing both his devastated community and his deepest wounds. The Ghost Keeper is a story about the terrible choices we make to survive and the powerful connections to communities and friends that define us. Here is a finely accomplished novel that introduces an exciting new voice to our literary landscape. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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