![]() ![]() ![]() This is a complex text filled with ethical questions and paradoxes, yet Seiffert takes the wise decision of offering a simply phrased and understated narrative, made up of three distinct, thematically linked stories charting the loss of a nation's innocence.įirst there is Helmut, a young man in wartime Berlin, fervently patriotic yet unable to join the army, due to the partial paralysis of his arm. The victims in this novel are not those who perished in the camps and ghettos but, controversially, the German people struggling to understand what could have taken place in their midst. ![]() The weight of literature, poetry and film inspired by this most unlikely of muses is testament to its status as the subject that defies speech, but constantly provokes attempts at articulation. Rachel Seiffert's debut novel explores the dark terrain of the Holocaust and its legacy this will draw a readership of those still struggling with the events of the past century. ![]()
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