The discovery of a valise of old letters written to his Armenian grandfather from an Auschwitz survivor starts Avi Arutiyan on an odyssey to uncover the mystery surrounding his grandfather’s unsolved death. From the killing fields of Anatolia to the trial of Adolf Eichmann, Avi’s quest opens a door into intersecting paths and dark secrets of three families, stretching back to 1915.
A different approach to a novel about the Holocaust, told from the point of view of a prisoner who also shares some of the guilt of working for the Germans. Very intense and very thorough and somewhat hard to follow as there are so many characters.
It did jump around a bit, but it I learned things I didn’t know about a subject that is not new. Just when I think I can’t be surprised anymore by man’s imhunity to man I read a book like Elios.
Very difficult to follow. Jumps around on characters and time
Excellent writing, captivating story line with surprises. Such a sad time in world history – the story is written in such a way to force one to examine beliefs and situational ethics from the characters viewpoints.
I was grateful the author chose to start the book telling you the story would be jumping around, having said that I found the book to be very thought provoking and yet entertaining as well and that is hard to do. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in history and loves a plot.
Actually, I didn’t take to this book. I don’t know why.
A long term historical view of why the perpetrators did what they did. This followed the other Holocausts and thoseinvovef.
A complicated story but well worth the read