Thursday, February 20, 2020

I Shall Set You Free! A Tale Of Auschwitz; by Matthew Manning.



The introduction is as honest as it's disappointing.

"Dear Reader,

"I feel the need to apologize up front for the crudity of this tale. You see, I am a pizza delivery driver by trade and a science major still yet to graduate. English, or rather literature, had never been my focus. I feel that I have taken what could be an amazing and thought provoking plot, and put it to paper through a mediocre hand."

So after the tremendous, mindboggling Silence Of God, this is a novel One is setting forth to read, by a college undergraduate, because Amazon suggests such titles for readers amongst the various memoirs of holocaust!
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It seems to be a book published as it was originally typed, without any effort to make it look like a book - the chapters aren't even separated by new pages, chapter headings or even a bold font, just a normal font giving numbers. Doesn't make for an easy experience. And the amateurish youth character shows in writing.

"“It seems you have a solid and refined cottage here, unlike the roughshod dwellings fit for swine that infest the area! Likely built by the Prussians before this land was taken from us by lesser folk, if only for a short span. Hardly can I believe that such a dwelling were built by the oafs and bumbling fools that now inhabit expanses lost through intrigue. Land that was once part of Germania and bright with prosperity. It has become a stinking mess of offal. That aside, it is an honor to see you in such appropriate lodgings, thanks be to our generous Leader! I am sure the previous owners now inhabit a household more fitting their stature.”"

And while it's obvious that intentions behind writing this were laudable, the amateur writing and imperfect punctuation, added to the extravagant verbiage, belongs to schoolwork, not for publishing unleashed on unsuspecting readers. 
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Fortunately the torture is short, just about eight pages including the epilogue, which is the only part not awfully badly written. Just a tad.
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February 20, 2020 - February 20, 2020.
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