Tuesday, March 10, 2009


Book # 14 A Mad Desire to Dance by Elie Wiesel. Oh wow! An exploration of madness, trauma, silence, the horrors of hate and revenge. Doriel, a survivor of the Holocaust, has lost his mother and father, sister, and little brother. He is haunted by their ghosts and his lack of knowledge of how it all happened. His psychoanalyst helps him delve into parts of his past to retrieve memories which will bring him to a spot where he can begin to experience joy in living.
The book is very deep and I really had to concentrate. It just wasn't a happy read. That doesn't mean it wasn't good. I noticed I'm on a MAD kick.

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