Mauy 85 85 থেকে Zaritsa, Bulgaria
What a charming read. I'm ready for book #2 in the series.
This is a compelling "fable," as the subtitle labels it, and rightly so -- calling it a fable allows for certain stretches of the imagination necessary to the story. First and foremost, the nine-year-old protagonist seems unrealistically naive, but his naivete serves the story well -- and perhaps makes the reader think a bit about how people allowed themselves to be so very, very blind to the realities of the Holocaust at the time. And given the premise of the boy's naivete, his language and perceptions can be wonderfully revealing to the reader, who knows exactly what the boy is witnessing even as he doesn't -- the effect propels the story to its shattering end.