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blurstoftimes's review
5.0
I have read quite a few Holocaust memoirs now, but I can say with certainty that Kluger’s Still Alive has earned its spot as my favorite.
This book is utterly astonishing in its potency, in how many concepts and questions it links together in tangents and digressions, and how the multiple details of the author’s memories eventually come to coalesce with the rigidity of history—ostensibly defying the rules of chronology.
Kluger’s prose, with its foundation in poetics and translingualism, is as enthralling as it is profound. I lost track of how many sentences I had highlighted. The way she is able to sublimate these anecdotes of pure catastrophe is nothing short of stunning.
Overall, I was ceaselessly amazed by Kluger’s elegant circumvention of all of the typified genre obstacles that would burden other Holocaust/Shoah stories.
Despite the truth of tragedy that marks her mortality, she does not choose to dwell in themes of darkness—she wades through it before miraculously converting it into light.
This book is utterly astonishing in its potency, in how many concepts and questions it links together in tangents and digressions, and how the multiple details of the author’s memories eventually come to coalesce with the rigidity of history—ostensibly defying the rules of chronology.
Kluger’s prose, with its foundation in poetics and translingualism, is as enthralling as it is profound. I lost track of how many sentences I had highlighted. The way she is able to sublimate these anecdotes of pure catastrophe is nothing short of stunning.
Overall, I was ceaselessly amazed by Kluger’s elegant circumvention of all of the typified genre obstacles that would burden other Holocaust/Shoah stories.
Despite the truth of tragedy that marks her mortality, she does not choose to dwell in themes of darkness—she wades through it before miraculously converting it into light.
shamblin32's review
3.0
This was very wordy and she went back and forth with her thoughts. I was lost a little bit and not sure if she was talking about her past or her present. Overall it was a very good memoir.
caitlinritchie's review
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
This was a beautiful and honest telling of a survivors experiences and memories whilst capturing themes of childhood, loss of adolescence, gender and religion. A heartbreakingly poignant read that feels unique and a necessary read.
juliahoermayer's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0