I found Minka’s story utterly riveting and desperately tragic. Sage is struggling with her guilt for the accident that led to her mother’s death, Josef is desperate for forgiveness for the role he played in mass genocide – what acts can (or cannot) be forgiven and who has the right to forgive them? The ethical conundrum’s are underscored by Department of Justice representative, Leo Stein, to whom Sage brings the story of Joseph Weber and with whom Sage becomes personally involved.īlending historical fact with fiction, Picoult examines the horrors of the Holocaust as the novel unfolds from the perspectives of Josef and Minka – a survivor, and Sage’s grandmother. The Storyteller is a challenging read, raising thought provoking questions about responsibility, forgiveness, justice and redemption. Sixty years ago Joseph Weber served in the SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Totenkopf and was once the camp supervisor at Auschwitz. I will admit I was hesitant to read The Storyteller so I was gratified to find myself absorbed in this story about a young woman, Sage Singer, who learns her elderly friend, a respected member of the local community, hides a horrific secret. Status: Read from March 27 to 28, 2013 - I own a copy
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