Great look into Post WWII German Society
Starting a new book with no background can be hit or miss. Starting The German House, I only knew that it was about a Polish interpreter for a court case about The Holocaust. After starting, I was pleasantly surprised that we also got a multi-family drama mixed in to the historical fiction drama.
The story revolves around Eva, a twenty-something girl living with her parents and two siblings in Germany. She is being courted by a well-to-do young man who is the heir to a blossoming catalog business. Eva works both at her family’s restaurant and as a temp doing translating work. She is called in one day for an emergent translation situation for the prosecution of a high profile court case in town. After helping out the prosecutors, she is invited to become a permanent translator for the duration of the case.
Throughout the case, Eva struggles with her family, her morals, her National identity, and her thoughts on marriage with her beau. The story makes you realize how little the German children knew about what was going on during WWII and how much was covered up and not talked about afterwords.
The writing style of the book took a little getting used to with no breaks between perspectives and with very long chapters. The reader was switched from person to person very quickly with no indication between paragraphs. All around though, the story was very entertaining and once you got used to the writing style, it was a very fast read.
The story revolves around Eva, a twenty-something girl living with her parents and two siblings in Germany. She is being courted by a well-to-do young man who is the heir to a blossoming catalog business. Eva works both at her family’s restaurant and as a temp doing translating work. She is called in one day for an emergent translation situation for the prosecution of a high profile court case in town. After helping out the prosecutors, she is invited to become a permanent translator for the duration of the case.
Throughout the case, Eva struggles with her family, her morals, her National identity, and her thoughts on marriage with her beau. The story makes you realize how little the German children knew about what was going on during WWII and how much was covered up and not talked about afterwords.
The writing style of the book took a little getting used to with no breaks between perspectives and with very long chapters. The reader was switched from person to person very quickly with no indication between paragraphs. All around though, the story was very entertaining and once you got used to the writing style, it was a very fast read.