THE LIBRARIAN OF AUSCHWITZ by Antonio Iturbe, translation by Lilit Thwaites I wanted to love this book. It is the true story of a 13 year old girl, imprisoned at Auschwitz Concentration Camp, who protects the few books that have been smuggled into the camp. The infamous Doctor Mengle and other w...
“It’s the war, Edith……. it’s the war”. Every time I saw this comment in the novel I had to smile, for it showed me the attitude that some of the individuals acquired as they dealt with the circumstances they were dealing with. This novel is about the prisoners that were held in the Family Camp, Bloc...
The dialogue was quite stilted. I don't know if it was the translator or the stiff narrators (audio version) so I didn't think it would be fair to penalize because of it. I do think that the book would have been more interesting if it spent more time in the past. The story in the present is reall...
The dialogue was quite stilted. I don't know if it was the translator or the stiff narrators (audio version) so I didn't think it would be fair to penalize because of it. I do think that the book would have been more interesting if it spent more time in the past. The story in the present is reall...
It sounds like Blade Runner fan fiction. It has a blurb from Ursula Le Guin. It is one of the rare examples of sf translated from another language.Let's see how it goes.
This was an entertaining science fiction mystery that was as much an exploration of what it means to live with an expiration date as mystery. Bruna Husky is a replicant. Replicants were created to do the dangerous, undesirable tasks in life. They were created to have a limited lifespan. Bruna was a ...
This engrossing, thought provoking, Blade Runner inspired, Sci-Fi detective novel by Spanish author Rosa Montero held me from beginning to end. With thorough world-building, multi-dimensional characterizations, and a detailed and suspenseful plot, Tears in Rain explores the complexities and psycholo...
Log in with Facebook 
