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dwager's review
challenging
reflective
sad
slow-paced
I had a great deal of difficulty keeping track of what was happening in this book. It was jerky and disconnected, but that may have been on purpose. Overall, an interesting look at family history and WWII.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Genocide, Antisemitism, Death, Deportation, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, and War
askeindeutsch's review against another edition
4.0
Ok, so I picked this one up to have a quick read having read big thick books in the recent past.
But well little did I know that I might take twice as longer to finish this than the others I have had on my tbr list.
Coming to the story almost a heart wrenching story of how a family and its many generations are affected by their past.
And when the past refers to life before and during The First World War you happen to feel butterflies in your stomach.
With an extraordinary capability to convey your thoughts and a deep sense of life this book will take you to realms of your own past often putting up a question you never thought you would ask yourself.
A must read although knowing the advancements of the First World War would make this a much easier read.
But well little did I know that I might take twice as longer to finish this than the others I have had on my tbr list.
Coming to the story almost a heart wrenching story of how a family and its many generations are affected by their past.
And when the past refers to life before and during The First World War you happen to feel butterflies in your stomach.
With an extraordinary capability to convey your thoughts and a deep sense of life this book will take you to realms of your own past often putting up a question you never thought you would ask yourself.
A must read although knowing the advancements of the First World War would make this a much easier read.
sthg_sofia's review against another edition
4.0
"O meu marido diz, és neta podes.
O meu pai diz, tens uma tarefa difícil.
O meu irmão diz, investiga, investiga, investiga...
...A minha amiga diz, guerra e paz escreve-se em duas línguas, a língua da guerra e a língua da paz."
O meu pai diz, tens uma tarefa difícil.
O meu irmão diz, investiga, investiga, investiga...
...A minha amiga diz, guerra e paz escreve-se em duas línguas, a língua da guerra e a língua da paz."
carlacarinreads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
carols77's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
aga_acrobat's review against another edition
5.0
Es hätte auch meine Geschichte sein können. Es hätte auch eines jeden von uns Geschichte sein können. Wenn nur die Dinge anders gewesen wären.
pino_sabatelli's review against another edition
4.0
Ci sono storie che aspettano decenni prima di trovare una voce che abbia voglia di raccontarle. Storie sepolte in un passato talmente intriso di dolore e sofferenza che la memoria familiare, per difendersi, tiene con cura nascoste, ai margini dell’oblio. Fino a quando si palesano per una parola sfuggita di bocca, un nome evocato per sbaglio, una foto sbiadita che spunta fuori da un album polveroso, e allora pretendono un interprete, un portavoce, uno speleologo che riporti alla luce gli scomparsi, i sommersi: perché a quel punto diventano storie “necessarie”, anzi storie che hanno nella feroce urgenza di questa necessità la loro unica ragion d’essere.
Quella che ci racconta Katja Petrowskaja è una di queste.
La recensione completa su http://www.ifioridelpeggio.com/di-dio-nessuna-notizia-forse-esther-di-katja-petrowskaja/
Quella che ci racconta Katja Petrowskaja è una di queste.
La recensione completa su http://www.ifioridelpeggio.com/di-dio-nessuna-notizia-forse-esther-di-katja-petrowskaja/
tumblehawk's review against another edition
4.0
Beautiful book, thanks to my sister Miriam for the recommendation. The author writes beautifully as she tries to make sense of what is often insensible—layers and skeins and mists of family history that she chases down through family stories and historical records, looking through WWII and the Holocaust as prisms through which to see the shaping of her family. The second to last section, about Babi Yar in Kiev (where she grew up) is definitely the most haunting, and I felt that even before getting to the titular character in that section, a great grandmother who may have been named Esther. So much unknown! Makes me wish I could talk to my mom about this book. Makes me both want to and overwhelmed at the thought of chasing down more of our own family history.