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A review by jgoins
Hope: A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander
4.0
Inside the mind and house of a neurotic Jewish man, there are plenty of opportunities for dark humor in this novel. His mother just happens to have moved in with his family because of her declining health and this sets the stage for a general decline in everyone's health and sanity. His mother can't seem to get over the atrocities she suffered during the Holocaust -- which didn't really happen to her. In a strange turn of events, he also finds Anne Frank living in his attic. Ba dun dun.
The best parts of this book are the narrator's observations about the human condition. Also worth noting are his observations about the chipmunk condition. It was a passage of his philosophizing about the final thoughts of a dying chipmunk that led my book guru to recommend this one to me. I'm glad I listened to her.
The best parts of this book are the narrator's observations about the human condition. Also worth noting are his observations about the chipmunk condition. It was a passage of his philosophizing about the final thoughts of a dying chipmunk that led my book guru to recommend this one to me. I'm glad I listened to her.