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Displaced Persons (2010)

by Ghita Schwarz(Favorite Author)

3.17 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0061881902 (ISBN13: 9780061881909)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

William Morrow

review 1: I didn't love this book (too much train-of-thought and awkward dialogue) but I was interested in the subject matter. Three Polish holocaust survivors meet in a camp in Germany for displaced persons; the book follows their arrival in the US and how they spend the rest of their years. While I've read a number of holocaust books, I've not read any about the aftermath. What a strange, sad state to be in -- the characters can't return home, they have no family or friends, and have few options. Even the United States didn't accept refugees with open arms. They had to "start over", but still had a horribly tragic past that would never leave them. Definitely thought-provoking.
review 2: While this novel doesn't put the reader directly in the shoes of the characters, wh... moreich I don't think was the author's intention, you feel like you're standing next to them and seeing what they're going through. You witness their numbness, fear, hunger, the surreal feeling of being alive after what just happened, the rekindling of hope, the betrayals, the silence, the eventual public dialog about the Holocaust. I think Schwarz did an amazing job of creating a cohesive narrative that covers 65 years and the lives of multiple characters in just over 300 pages. It sort of exhausted and invigorated me at the same time. It is what some would call a haunting novel, or at least it was for me. After finishing Displaced Persons it took me a few days of flipping through other books before I could find one to commit to. The characters in Displaced Persons wouldn't let me go. less

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