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From: ortchild at sfpl.lib.ca.us <ortchild>
Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 15:10:33 -0700
One doesn't expect to laugh while reading a holocaust memoir, but I have to highly recommend Ana Novac's The Beautiful Days of My Youth: My Six Months in Auschwitz and Plaszow (Holt 1997, translated from french). Her sharp observations and descriptions, along with a biting sense of humor made me laugh out loud as I was reading. Perhaps it was her sense of humor that helped her survive; certainly it will attract readers if emphasized in book talks.
Nancy Silverrod San Francisco Public Library
Received on Fri 15 May 1998 05:10:33 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 15:10:33 -0700
One doesn't expect to laugh while reading a holocaust memoir, but I have to highly recommend Ana Novac's The Beautiful Days of My Youth: My Six Months in Auschwitz and Plaszow (Holt 1997, translated from french). Her sharp observations and descriptions, along with a biting sense of humor made me laugh out loud as I was reading. Perhaps it was her sense of humor that helped her survive; certainly it will attract readers if emphasized in book talks.
Nancy Silverrod San Francisco Public Library
Received on Fri 15 May 1998 05:10:33 PM CDT
