The writer is young, beautiful and writes like an angel; the literary establishment are apparently grinding their teeth! Four narrators, tenuously linked by their histories, their memories, their Jewishness, the people they love and the impossibility of truly knowing and understanding those you care about the most. Lucid, infuriating and illuminating, I was captivated but be warned, if you only enjoy a straight narrative, you might want to throw it out of the window.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 62 Autumn 2011 ) |
