Germany, 1914: it is the shared birthday of Eva and her brother Emanuel, eleven years older. So begins a complex tale of a Jewish family, their governess Schu-Schu and Gaglow their country house interspersed with the story of their modern-day descendant Sarah, an unmarried mother who is posing for her father, a painter who has severed all links with the past. Lucidly written with vividly drawn characters, the story never fails to intrigue.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 21 November 2003 ) |
