A review by mmmadelyn
Transit by Anna Seghers

5.0

"For instance, from their sensible point of view, people went on strike so that next week they could buy a better cut of meat. The Binnets even thought that if you earned three more francs a day, then your family would not only feel less hungry but also stronger and happier. And Yvonne's good sense made her believe that love existed for our pleasure, hers and mine. But I knew deep down in my bones—of course I didn't tell her this—that love sometimes goes along with suffering, that there's also death, separation, and hardship, and that happiness can overtake you for no reason at all, as can the sadness into which it often imperceptibly turns." (301)