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Available
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Publication
Picador (2002), Paperback, 464 pages
Description
In this powerful novel by one of Israel's most prominent writers, Momik, the only child of Holocaust survivors, grows up in the shadow of his parents' history. Determined to exorcise the Nazi "beast" from their shattered lives and prepare for a second holocaust he knows is coming, Momik increasingly shields himself from all feeling and attachment. But through the stories his great-uncle tells him--the same stories he told the commandant of a Nazi concentration camp--Momik, too, becomes "infected with humanity." Grossman's masterly fusing of vision, thought, and emotion make See Under: Love a luminously imaginative and profoundly affecting work.
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LibraryThing member yhaduong
An impossible book to describe but magnificent nevertheless. Grossman's writing is poetical, obtuse, old fashioned and modern all in one novel. Divided into 4 distinct sections with 4 correspondingly distinct voices, See Under: LOVE, follows the life of a child born to Holocaust survivors from
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childhood into adulthood. It is a blend of magical realism, naturalism, children's stories and even the redemptive nature of getting to know one's enemy. It defies all categorization and description and probably needs to be read at least 3 or 4 times to truly appreciate all the nuance. Show Less
LibraryThing member suesbooks
I found this a very difficult book, but one that I did not want to stop reading. It's one I would like to re-read. It is set in 4 parts and all are difficult. It takes place in Israel after the Holocaust and portrays the difficulty of writng about the Holocaust. Some was magic realism, which I
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don't usually tolerate, but this was very well done. One whole section was written as if it were an encyclopedia, stating that we hardly have forms to present the Holocaust. The protagonist is a son of survivors who do not speak of their past. The other main characters are Bruno Shulz and Anshel Wasserman, a survivor. Show Less
LibraryThing member jwhenderson
A book about family and about history. The way that these are intertwined reveals emotions and events that this reader found riveting. How does one deal with the details of lives that were almost unbearable?
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Language
Original language
Hebrew
Original publication date
1986
Physical description
464 p.; 8.27 inches
ISBN
0312420692 / 9780312420697