tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217296204163853571.post187937294547127922..comments2024-03-25T13:21:51.194-05:00Comments on The Reading Frenzy: The Thief of Auschwitz week twoThe Reading Frenzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908245479700999445noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217296204163853571.post-49936967195964501802013-10-16T10:01:42.994-05:002013-10-16T10:01:42.994-05:00Hi Jon, Yes, actually, that makes a lot of sense. ...Hi Jon, Yes, actually, that makes a lot of sense. I've had a really hard time making myself read your book. NOT because of anything related to the writing, simply because the subject is so difficult. It's one of those things that I find myself thinking about a lot, and yet not wanting to explore it further. Your book does make it a little easier to investigate... Thank you for your response, and for writing your book.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394110726844369758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217296204163853571.post-18549425826430008372013-10-15T20:01:11.628-05:002013-10-15T20:01:11.628-05:00Hi, Elaine -- Other than what I told Deb, the most...Hi, Elaine -- Other than what I told Deb, the most important thing is that I'd found myself reading Holocaust nonfiction over a period of years, and as I did I found myself often kind of reflexively looking away. It seemed to me that the horrors of that time and place were so great that there's almost a human impulse NOT to look at them squarely. So I decided that if I could use what I know about making fiction to create something that would make people see the truth about that period, I'd be doing everybody a favor. Does that make sense?Jon Clinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01804921666589980051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217296204163853571.post-81149663481682935432013-10-15T14:46:29.079-05:002013-10-15T14:46:29.079-05:00Jon, I'd like to understand what triggered you...Jon, I'd like to understand what triggered your desire to write this book. I went back and re-read your interview with Deb, and I didn't see the answer. Books about the Holocaust always feel like they sit on shaky ground, as you mentioned - don't want to trivialize the horror, but there's a need to bring the horror down to a level where it can be read about and understood. I think you've done a wonderful job of it, by the way, but I would like to know why you chose that setting.<br />Thanks, ElaineElainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394110726844369758noreply@blogger.com