Subscribe via RSS 2.0by Joan Marshall - Tuesday Apr 15 2008 2:44 pm
Posted in: Reviews
's Fault Lines tells the story of a quintessential American-Jewish-German family--one whose horrifying history gradually reveals true courage.
The layered narratives of the characters echo through the novel and tie the characters to their parents and their pasts. Children who tell their stories at the beginning of the novel re-appear a generation or two later as adults with their own children or grandchildren observing them.
Huston's writing is especially satisfying because the voices of the children convincingly display all the misunderstandings, chaotic emotions, and hunger to be the centre of the universe that characterize childhood.
If you're interested in the Holocaust, or even just in children, you'll love this book.
| By Nancy Huston - $29.95 - add to cart | |
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