Forty years later, Jewish historian Judit Klemmer is making a documentary portraying Judenstaat's history from the time of its founding to the present. She is haunted by the ghost of her dead husband, Hans, a Saxon, shot by a sniper as he conducted the National Symphony. With the grief always fresh, Judit lives a half life, until confronted by a mysterious, flesh and blood ghost from her past who leaves her controversial footage on one of Judenstaat's founding fathers and a note. They lied about the murder. Judit's research ...
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Forty years later, Jewish historian Judit Klemmer is making a documentary portraying Judenstaat's history from the time of its founding to the present. She is haunted by the ghost of her dead husband, Hans, a Saxon, shot by a sniper as he conducted the National Symphony. With the grief always fresh, Judit lives a half life, until confronted by a mysterious, flesh and blood ghost from her past who leaves her controversial footage on one of Judenstaat's founding fathers and a note. They lied about the murder. Judit's research into the footage, and what really happened to Hans, embroils her in controversy and conspiracy, collective memory and national amnesia, and provides her with answers far more horrific than she imagined.
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The main premise of the story is that, after WWII, a Jewish homeland is formed in the southern part of East Germany. This seems like a promising idea for a book, but the narrative is very hard to follow. The text is broken into what seem more like soundbites than chapters, with each containing a narrative that seems to be unconnected to the previous. The story contains many obscure references and allusions, the characters are not well-developed, and the writing style is what I can only describe a "flat."
Three-quarters of the way through the book, I realized that I was so confused that it was pointless to continue. I can't recommend this book, but the premise clearly provides fertile ground for a story, and someone, maybe even this author, could probably create a very interesting story from it.
