Recommended by Maciek. Set in the late 1950s in Gdansk (Poland), this is a classic coming of age story. David Weiser is a mysterious Jewish outcast in a Catholic town. His sole defender is a girl named Elka, and over time, three other boys become fascinated by this seemingly worldly classmate. The book is narrated by one of the three, while they are being interrogated following the disappearance of Weiser and Elka, who are presumed to have died in a huge explosion detonated by Weiser. The constant time shifting in narration was a challenge, and the fact that the parents of these boys left them alone and at the mercy of school officials and investigators was hard to believe, even given the time period. Well written, with some intriguing mystery/mysticism, but I would have preferred more resolution.
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Polen, steden in de Bocht van Gdanzk, het vroegere Dantzig. Tijdens een naoorlogse zomervakantie spelen kinderen oorlogje tussen de kapotgeschoten bruggen. Davi Weiseer, het raadselachtige joodse jongetje, wordt van het mikpunt van zijn meescholieren tot een magiese leider die opwindende spelletjes bedenkt, tot hij verdwijnt.

Wonderful book set in Gdansk, Poland ( )