by David Grossman (Author)
Momik, the only child of two survivors, is brought up in Israel by a family seeking to ignore the past. No-one will explain to him what life was like 'Over There' or what the 'Nazi Beast' is. His 9-year-old mind imagines a Nazi Beast hiding in the cellar, waiting to feed on Jews. 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. See Under: Love is a luminously imaginative and profoundly affecting work.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 02 Sep 2010
ISBN 10: 0099541599
ISBN 13: 9780099541592
Book Overview: Innovative and daring retelling of the horrors of Jewish history, likened to The Tin Drum and One Hundred Years of Solitude