Kindergarten (Abacus Books)
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Back cover description:
"It is Christmas. The frozen image on the television screen is of a small girl's face, looking out into the darkness from the window of a Berlin school. She is about to be shot as a hostage if the demands of the terrorists occupying the school are not met.
In a small Suffolk town, three boys and their German grandmother are celebrating Christmas in the traditional German way, but watching, they remember another image: the boys' mother lying dead on the concourse of Rome airport, victim of an attack by the very same terrorist organisation."
In this, his first published novel, P.S. Rushforth's apparently fragmented images of senseless cruelty reach back to a past both real and mythical - the holocaust of the war, and the savagery of the Brothers Grimm - and build up into a strangely poignant and cohesive metaphor of eternal suffering."
"It is Christmas. The frozen image on the television screen is of a small girl's face, looking out into the darkness from the window of a Berlin school. She is about to be shot as a hostage if the demands of the terrorists occupying the school are not met.
In a small Suffolk town, three boys and their German grandmother are celebrating Christmas in the traditional German way, but watching, they remember another image: the boys' mother lying dead on the concourse of Rome airport, victim of an attack by the very same terrorist organisation."
In this, his first published novel, P.S. Rushforth's apparently fragmented images of senseless cruelty reach back to a past both real and mythical - the holocaust of the war, and the savagery of the Brothers Grimm - and build up into a strangely poignant and cohesive metaphor of eternal suffering."
Journal Entry 2 by JoolsW at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Friday, March 20, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (3/20/2009 UTC) at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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Posted today to Leontyne in Tasmania.
Enjoy : )
Posted today to Leontyne in Tasmania.
Enjoy : )
Thanks to JoolsW I'm reading Kindergarten for the second time. After 25 years, it's as rich and challenging as ever! The multi-layered story, which blends 20th century terrorism, the Holocaust and the stories of the Brothers Grimm all within the experiences of one family (especially the children. This is not a lightweight read, but it is a thought-provoking and menorable one.
Thank you again Jools!
Thank you again Jools!
