6/29/2023 0 Comments Mischling by Affinity Konar![]() How do you come to grips with his monstrosity? How does Mengele eventually die?Ĥ. A couple of reviewers mention a famous pronouncement by German philosopher Theodor Adorno in 1949: "after Auschwitz, to write poetry is barbaric." What do you think? Is it immoral to write so poetically about such barbarous actions? Or is Konar's writing a way for us to bear witness to events that are otherwise too terrible to describe and read about?ģ. There is a sense that her poetic writing masks, even separates readers from facing, the horror of Mengele's Zoo. ![]() Mischling has generated a fair amount of comment by reviewers who have difficulty accepting Affinity Konar's beautiful prose. How did you experience this novel? Was it overly gruesome, or did you find rays of hope by the end?Ģ. With incantatory magic, she marches through the most nightmarish of landscapes, swinging her light." -Karen Russell, author of Swamplandiaġ. "Affinity Konar is an astonishing and fearless writer, whose great gift to us is this book. If your soul can survive the journey, you'll be rewarded by one of the most harrowing, powerful, and imaginative books of the year." -Anthony Doerr, author of New York Times bestseller All The Light We Cannot See It's a beautiful novel about the most odious of crimes, it's a deeply-researched act of remembrance that somehow carries the lightness of a fairy tale, and it's a coming-of-age story about children who aren't allowed to come of age. ![]() ![]() ![]() Critical Praise: "Mischling is a paradox. ![]()
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