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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A masterful book,
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This review is from: The Immortal Bartfuss (Appelfeld, Aharon) (Paperback)
This is a remarkable book written with words hidden and unstated. For Bartfuss, the holocaust should produce "greatness of soul" either from himself or other survivors. He is frustrated by his inability to do so and give freely. Here is a highly complex character living in Jaffa, Israel. And it should be appreciated by many thoughtful readers.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Accomplished look at modern alienation,
This review is from: The Immortal Bartfuss (Appelfeld, Aharon) (Paperback)
The titular Bartfuss has lived a largely underground existence since surviving the Holocaust, amassing an ever increasing fortune as a smuggler even as his alienation from those around him--particularly his estranged wife and two daughters--continues apace. As a record of a man's journey from a kind of living death, this book benefits a lot from Appelfeld's terse, simple prose, which keeps the tale rolling at a brisk pace. He's the sort of writer who knows exactly what he can state explicitly and what he can leave unsaid. It may just be me, but I was not altogether convinced by the book, partly due to the somewhat abrupt ending. I will tentatively suggest that the author was only partly successful in dramatizing Bartfuss' internal conflicts... or maybe I'm just missing the point of Appelfeld's minimalist artistry. I will still recommend the book, and suggest that who anyone likes it should also seek out Appelfeld's "Badenheim 1939."
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Exploration of the Post-Holocaust Underground Man,
By phlanderz@aol.com (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Immortal Bartfuss (Appelfeld, Aharon) (Paperback)
The Immortal Bartfuss is obviously the work of an accomplished and mature novelist. Appelfeld has his goal well in sight and accomplishes it with surgical precision. Bartfuss is Dostoevsky's Underground Man coping with the holocaust and old age. As we watch the Immortal Bartfuss die, and remeber how he spent his life, we sense true desolation. The holocaust has created an expectation within him, and, as he nears his end, he realizes life does not give anything to anyone for free. A very disquieting portrait of a very troubled man.
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