There is a content warning on the first page and honestly. It is short, choppy sentences at times but it still This is easily the most brutal, gut-wrenching Holocaust book I have ever read. They start in old age and then tell their story of pain and loss. The brothers the book is based on, you fall in love with them and their story. The book is raw and brutal, yet completely historically honest. This pulled no punches and held absolutely nothing back.

This is easily the most brutal, gut-wrenching Holocaust book I have ever read. ‘This is a book we are not allowed not to read’ Leah Roditi, At Magazine.

‘ Great courage is needed to write as Adler does – without softening, without beautifying, without leaving any room to imagination’ Yehudith Rotem, Haaretz newspaper And nothing less’ Aliza Ziegler, Editor-in-Chief at Proza Books, Yedioth Ahronoth Publishing House ‘It is a book we all must read, read in order to know … It is harsh, enthralling, earth-shattering, rattling – but we must. I gave the book to my mom and she called me after she finished crying and telling me how much she loved it’ Amazon reviewer ‘The story is so incredible and the author writes so beautifully that it is impossible to stay indifferent. ‘ I sat down and read this within a few hours, my wife is now reading it and it is bringing tears to her eyes’ Amazon reviewer section with an author Q, an Author’s Note and a reading group guide. This paperback includes an exclusive 14-page P.S. Told in a poetic style reminiscent of Atwood and Salinger, Malka Adler has penned a visceral yet essential read for those who have found strength, solace and above all, hope, in books like The Choice, The Librarian of Auschwitz and The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Six decades later, from the safety of their living rooms at home in Israel, the brothers finally break their silence to a friend who will never let their stories be forgotten. One hour before the train will take them to Auschwitz. The Nazis storm the homes of the Jewish villagers and inform them they have one hour.

I stroked his cheek, whispered, it’s really you…ĭov and Yitzhak live in a small village in the mountains of Hungary, isolated both from the world and from the horrors of the war. My brother’s tears left a delicate, clean line on his face. I stroked his cheek, whispered, it’s really you… Dov and Yitzhak live in a small village in the mountains of Hungary, isolated both from the world and from the horr An extraordinary novel of hope and heartbreak, this is a story about a family separated by the Holocaust and their harrowing journey back to each other. An extraordinary novel of hope and heartbreak, this is a story about a family separated by the Holocaust and their harrowing journey back to each other.

Brothers of war 2019