A review by levishak
סוס אחד נכנס לבר by David Grossman, דויד גרוסמן

4.0

This is a difficult read, just like it would have been to sit and listen to Dov, the main character. Actually, the beginning is rather agonizing with bad jokes and I quit the book at least twice. When I read that other readers had problems reading the book and persevered, I decide to do the same. My book club (which is at a synagogue)recently said, “No more Holocaust books”. Well, this is definitely a book that explores a Holocaust victim’s impact on her son and husband. The genius of the writer is his unique ability to impart a story gradually, in a suspenseful manner, shared by a stand- up comic, the protagonist, over the course of an evening, interspersed with jokes, asides, tangents, historic references , observations and confessions. If you are a devoted reader, willing to suffer a bit, this book is definitely worth reading.