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A review by kate_in_a_book
Chasing the King of Hearts by Hanna Krall
4.0
This is a true story from World War Two, retold by a journalist who herself survived the war by hiding in a cupboard. Which sounds like quite a story itself, but possibly not one as eventful as that of Izolda.
Izolda Regensberg is a Jewish woman whose history took her from the ghetto in Warsaw, to working for the Underground, to various workcamps and even Auschwitz. But we know early on this book that she survived, thanks to interspersed chapters about her attempts to communicate with her Israeli grandchildren.
Language is key to this amazing story. Language and love.
Read my full review: http://www.noseinabook.co.uk/2019/10/03/what-exactly-about-the-bag-is-jewish/
Izolda Regensberg is a Jewish woman whose history took her from the ghetto in Warsaw, to working for the Underground, to various workcamps and even Auschwitz. But we know early on this book that she survived, thanks to interspersed chapters about her attempts to communicate with her Israeli grandchildren.
Language is key to this amazing story. Language and love.
Read my full review: http://www.noseinabook.co.uk/2019/10/03/what-exactly-about-the-bag-is-jewish/