I am teaching this book, as a part of our senior advanced English course, first term, next year. I started it yesterday and so far I am totally confused. It is by a guy named Mark Raphael Baker. The book is being studied for a module called History and Memory.
After reading it for a bit last night, I found myself feeling incredibly dumb because it had managed to get me quite confused. I was left wondering how I was going to get the students interested and enjoying this book when I couldn't get into it myself. Fortunately, one of the other teachers at school has also read it and she informed me that it gets better and after a bit it is much easier to figure out who is speaking.
It appears that the book is about this man's parent's memories of what they went through, as Jews in a concentration camp, during WW2. I assume that we will be looking at how personal memories compare with historical fact.
Has anyone read this book, at all and if so, what is your opinion of it?
After reading it for a bit last night, I found myself feeling incredibly dumb because it had managed to get me quite confused. I was left wondering how I was going to get the students interested and enjoying this book when I couldn't get into it myself. Fortunately, one of the other teachers at school has also read it and she informed me that it gets better and after a bit it is much easier to figure out who is speaking.
It appears that the book is about this man's parent's memories of what they went through, as Jews in a concentration camp, during WW2. I assume that we will be looking at how personal memories compare with historical fact.
Has anyone read this book, at all and if so, what is your opinion of it?