Cilka's Journey
Registered by Shahrun of Dagenham, Essex United Kingdom on 2/13/2022
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
Couldn’t resist buying this set for my boyfriends sister when I found out she’s not read them. Here a what I thought of it when I read my own copy:
On one hand I was carried along fairly easily by the narrative and appreciate the historical direction the journey is pointing me in (I’ve heard vague whispers before of concentration camp survivors then being imprisoned by the Russians before - definitely an area for further reading). But at the same time I feel a bit cheated. This is fiction trying to masquerade as facts... kind of. The author maintains it is research led and fact inspired but things get murkier when you get googling. I think perhaps if you want to write fiction inspired by history, maybe don’t use a real person to base your story on, especially when they have no say in the matter. And that’s what makes me uncomfortable here. I also don’t doubt that this type of war story is sadly quite common. I guess shame and humiliation keeps survivor stories like this suppressed.
On one hand I was carried along fairly easily by the narrative and appreciate the historical direction the journey is pointing me in (I’ve heard vague whispers before of concentration camp survivors then being imprisoned by the Russians before - definitely an area for further reading). But at the same time I feel a bit cheated. This is fiction trying to masquerade as facts... kind of. The author maintains it is research led and fact inspired but things get murkier when you get googling. I think perhaps if you want to write fiction inspired by history, maybe don’t use a real person to base your story on, especially when they have no say in the matter. And that’s what makes me uncomfortable here. I also don’t doubt that this type of war story is sadly quite common. I guess shame and humiliation keeps survivor stories like this suppressed.
Happy birthday Claire. These books are for you to enjoy for as long as you like (even if that’s forever).
This has found its way back to me, to go into Dagenham Little Free Library.
Journal Entry 4 by Shahrun at Dagenham Little Free Library in Dagenham, Essex United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Released 1 yr ago (5/25/2022 UTC) at Dagenham Little Free Library in Dagenham, Essex United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Restocking my Dagenham Little Free Library. Trying to keep a little something in it for everyone.
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If you have picked up a book from here, You may have noticed there is a little hand written note/sticker inside with a unique number and direction to the BookCrossing website. In a nutshell, BookCrossing allows you the reader to become a part of the Books story. You can track the recorded movements of the book and add an opinion on the story. It’s free and you can do it anonymously. But if you join, you will get notified when the next reader journals it. You wouldn’t believe how far some books go!
