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La Chambre De Mariana (2000)

by Aharon Appelfeld(Favorite Author)

3.4 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

2879295726 (ISBN13: 9782879295725)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

review 1: In spite of some reservations I have as to the reality of certain descriptions and situations, which at times I felt were flat and made it difficult to fully immersed and believe in the story being told, I was finally won over. It is a unique, well... "love story" between a mature Ukrainian prostitute and the Jewish boy she was intrusted in hiding during the Holocaust, at times touching, at times hard to believe. At the end, though, I couldn't but get emotionally involved in this tale of lost childhood, per-mature love among the ruins, and the terrible horror and cost of the war.
review 2: I feel terrible saying this but this book was like reading something written by a perverted teenager. It had potential to be good; a young boy being hidden by a prostitute. ... more It sounds intriguing but it was just so odd. I felt like the same 10 sentences were recycled for each chapter. They all spoke like robots. Spoiler* not sure how Mariana caring for Hugo meant she should corrupt him and have sex with him. I hope something was lost in translation. less

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