See Under Love

See Under Love

by David Grossman (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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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

Media Reviews
One of the most ambitious, generous, beautiful, indispensable books I've been fortunate enough to read -- Jonathan Safran Foer * Guardian *
See Under: Loveis one of the most disturbing novels I've ever read...When I was already well into it, I'd circle it warily before picking it up again . . . then fall instantly under its spell, for it is wickedly readable -- Edmund White
This novel is so innovative, yet at the same time so readable, that I can only say that it gives the lie to that critical cliche. It is a tour de force of pure storytelling, and a demonstration of both the need for story and the limits of all particular stories. I consider it a triumph * Guardian *
Author Bio
David Grossman was born in Jerusalem, where he still lives. He is the bestselling author of numerous works of fiction, non-fiction and children's books, which have been translated into thirty-six languages. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the French Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the 2010 Frankfurt Peace Prize. His most recent novels were To the End of the Land (2010), described by Jacqueline Rose in the Guardian as `without question one of the most powerful and moving novels I have ever read', and Falling Out of Time (2014).