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A review by cheeriodoggo
The End: Hamburg 1943 by Hans Erich Nossack
4.5
I would summarize this book as "70-80 pages of pure anxiety" because that is how it reads! It is clear that the author is in very poor headspace while writing this piece and the honesty is appreciated.
My family is from Hamburg. I will admit that I was hoping for more details (we do not talk about July and August 1943 in this household), but some of the ones provided are profound and historically useful (i.e. a statement about Hamburg's cats has stuck with me for many weeks now).
I think those that enjoy reading literature will enjoy this genre crossover; it is very clear in the writing that Nossack is a novelist and it reads like a novel, albeit an anxious one. It was not my cup of tea because I'm an academic who reads non-fiction, but that is a me-problem, not Nossack's problem.
My family is from Hamburg. I will admit that I was hoping for more details (we do not talk about July and August 1943 in this household), but some of the ones provided are profound and historically useful (i.e. a statement about Hamburg's cats has stuck with me for many weeks now).
I think those that enjoy reading literature will enjoy this genre crossover; it is very clear in the writing that Nossack is a novelist and it reads like a novel, albeit an anxious one. It was not my cup of tea because I'm an academic who reads non-fiction, but that is a me-problem, not Nossack's problem.