Incredible. This book is absolutely incredible. The story had me enthralled the entire time I read the book. I think the biggest factor of it being so interesting was the fact that it is a true story. I knew that he lives through it, but its the how that kept it going. Wanting to know how he lived through it all.
I could not believe how clever that Vladek was during his time in the camp. Besides the fact that Vladek was skilled in jobs such as tin work and cobbling, he also knew English and other such languages. These things put together helped him survive.
I knew that those who could not work were immediately killed off, but almost ten months, at least according to the book is quite a long time to survive against such great odds. The only work that I knew of in the camps was the so called black work or grunt work. But now I know of other types of work that Nazis used their prisoners for.
Going back to the book though, I find it hard to believe that Art waited so long to finish the second part of the book. The conclusion of part one just left you hanging there. Its like one of those TV mini series that concludes an episode on a cliff hanger and you have to wait a week to find out what happens next, only this time it took a couple of years to have a conclusion.
All in all, it is just as good as part one. Some disturbing images like the dead on the bathroom floor, moments of high tension and as always good writing.
Until next time.
I think that the part of the book beginning at page 41 is an explanation of why Art took so long getting the 2nd part completed. He was obviously feeling very conflicted about the attention he was getting. He was obviously feeling a bit guilty that he was in some way profiting off of his father's horrible experience and struggling with the feeling that the story should be told because its important for people to understand what happened, but on the other hand, profiting from that is a hard thing to bear as well.
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