In spite of the current spate of fiction and non-fiction centring on stories from both world wars, this one manages to engage and beguile. The overlapping stories of two young people are deftly conveyed: one a blind French girl who flees the German occupation of Paris on an extraordinary mission with her father, and the other an exceptional young German boy, orphaned and in the grip of the Hitler war machine. Much more than a war story!
Ed. note: Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
(Margaret Teh - bwl 78 Autumn 2015 ) |
