I just finished reading one of the most interesting books I have read in a while. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult is a bit different than her usual family dramas. This book stars Sage Singer, a wounded bread maker with a scarred face from an automobile accident that eventually killed her mother. Sage is recovering from her own grief when she meets Josef Weber and his dog. Josef is beloved by their community and Sage finds herself opening up to Josef until he asks her to help him die. Sage's world comes crashing down when Josef confesses he was an SS officer and asks for her forgiveness, since Sage's family is Jewish. Sage is torn between loving who Josef is now, hating him for who he was during the Holocaust, and wanting to turn Josef into the authorities for punishment. Sage visits her beloved grandmother and listens as she tells her story of the Holocaust which is interwoven with a story that she wrote while living in Auschwitz and other camps. The story-within-a-story format is beautifully written in lyrical prose and the story left me spellbound. This novel is a very personal account of the Holocaust as told through one person and her immediate family and it is magnificent. Once you start reading this book, you will have a hard time putting it down until you finish it!
Friday, June 14, 2013
The Storyteller
I just finished reading one of the most interesting books I have read in a while. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult is a bit different than her usual family dramas. This book stars Sage Singer, a wounded bread maker with a scarred face from an automobile accident that eventually killed her mother. Sage is recovering from her own grief when she meets Josef Weber and his dog. Josef is beloved by their community and Sage finds herself opening up to Josef until he asks her to help him die. Sage's world comes crashing down when Josef confesses he was an SS officer and asks for her forgiveness, since Sage's family is Jewish. Sage is torn between loving who Josef is now, hating him for who he was during the Holocaust, and wanting to turn Josef into the authorities for punishment. Sage visits her beloved grandmother and listens as she tells her story of the Holocaust which is interwoven with a story that she wrote while living in Auschwitz and other camps. The story-within-a-story format is beautifully written in lyrical prose and the story left me spellbound. This novel is a very personal account of the Holocaust as told through one person and her immediate family and it is magnificent. Once you start reading this book, you will have a hard time putting it down until you finish it!
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