The Endless Steppe
Esther Hautzig
I’m sure I read this book as a child. As I’ve read it this last week, things kept sounding familiar, but I was never sure what was coming next. Some parts I have no recollection of whatsoever.
But I don’t think I will forget it again.
Reading this time, I had the added advantage of now having *been* to some of the places, to have experienced two potato soup winters, to recognise some of the Russian, to have visited Auschwitz, to have met and sat with and listened to Esther’s peers who lived through what she writes about. It’s been a while, but some things are impossible to erase from your memory.
Haunting. Productive. Hopeful.
Desperation. Tragedy. Promise.
This is a book that will make it to our *the kids must read this before they leave home* list.
i was gonna leave you a comment on your blogmania post especially cos you said There’s nothing like writing for an audience. (Actually, there is one better thing – and that is when people leave comments – big fat juicy hint!!)
but guess what????
you’ve turned the comments off lol….
you blondie you X
D17, i mean D18 read this book as part of a school (*gasp*) reading list a few years ago, and i re-read it with him.
love your words, especially haunting and promise…. X
a brilliant book which I read read twice when I was a child
Thanks Kate – comments turned back on. How DID that happen?
Kate and Jen, yep, a classic book eh.