tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post3965766177590871129..comments2023-12-31T05:54:02.314-08:00Comments on Books Anonymous: The Puppet Boy of Warsaw - Eva WeaverKazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-82139970514981658732013-06-11T12:47:44.704-07:002013-06-11T12:47:44.704-07:00Hi Arabella -
Thank YOU for that post I mentioned...Hi Arabella -<br /><br />Thank YOU for that post I mentioned at the beginning of this one that stimulated me to get back to my blog! I was in a bit of a rut of not writing...<br /><br />As I said in my comment on your blog, I've not read that Picoult book, but having read others of hers, I'm not sure that you were unfair - she does have a very successful formula and I would say that your analysis might not be far off. Although, if her book stimulates her readers to go looking for more information, then it will have, as you say, contributed to the story telling that is going to be, one day, the only way we have to remember what happened. <br /><br />Weaver has drawn on many different stories, the origins of which she credits, and there is a list of the real people at the end of the novel with a little bit about them. In her acknowledgements, she also credits numerous others for sharing their stories - people who lack the prominence of those like Korczak, but who have important stories to tell, and loved ones to remember.<br /><br />The important thing is to keep the memories alive - which is what the Survivors asked of us when they shared their stories at the Museum and those I met in Israel when I did my training at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.<br /><br />Keep me posted on how you find this one when you get to it.<br /><br />KKazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-31073241591380414372013-06-11T04:48:34.760-07:002013-06-11T04:48:34.760-07:00I have seen this title around a lot lately and wil...I have seen this title around a lot lately and will now be adding it to the list.<br />I think when I read the Jodi Picoult novel what bothered was the feeling that she had researched real tragedies and she was using them not so much to tell an important story as to feed her own success. I am probably being unfair but it just didn't feel right but then I guess Picoult's readership is predominantly very comfortable middle class women who will after reading her book go away thinking about the Holocaust and remember. With the passing of time and the passing of survivors there is perhaps the possibility that disbelief will grow and people will forgot the horror and tragedy that occurred. Deniers get air time because they create controversy, despite the absurdity of their claims. I am now wondering if it is not more important then ever to tell these stories. I think my cynicism may have lead me to be unfair about Picoult, and her latest book.<br />Will also add The Puppet Boy of Warsaw to the list of must read books, thanks Kaz.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824748902803492123noreply@blogger.com