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A review by sarahcax
Kapo by Aleksandar Tišma
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
If you can get past the rife misogyny and all the women described through the male gaze (considering the time this was written), it's an astonishingly well written story with rich descriptions from the mundanity of people and day-to-day, to the horrors of war.
Feelings of paranoia and loneliness, Tisma tells the story of an ageing Kapo with no guilt for what he did in order to survive in the Nazi death camps, only the fear of being uncovered and facing the consequences of his actions, decades later.
It's bleak, and offers absolutely no hope to the reader.
Feelings of paranoia and loneliness, Tisma tells the story of an ageing Kapo with no guilt for what he did in order to survive in the Nazi death camps, only the fear of being uncovered and facing the consequences of his actions, decades later.
It's bleak, and offers absolutely no hope to the reader.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Violence