The Storyteller Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00B4DR9GK | Format: EPUB
The Storyteller Description
Jodi Picoult's poignant number one New York Times best-selling novels about family and love tackle hot-button issues head on. In The Storyteller, Sage Singer befriends Josef Weber, a beloved Little League coach and retired teacher. But then Josef asks Sage for a favor she never could have imagined - to kill him. After Josef reveals the heinous act he committed, Sage feels he may deserve that fate. But would his death be murder or justice?
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 18 hours and 13 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Recorded Books
- Audible.com Release Date: February 26, 2013
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00B4DR9GK
Picoult has never flinched back from the most difficult of topics. Her books heads directly into controversy which are backed with meticulous scholarship. In "The Story Teller", Sage has been asked to forgive a recent friend for his past as a Nazi. And he wants her to kill him. Sage is Jewish, descended from victims of the camps. She lives quietly with her own secrets and with her scar which she considers disfiguring. She rarely lets people inside her mental walls.
The story is narrated by Sage, by the secret Nazi, and by a mysterious girl living in the forest afraid of great evil. Sage's granmother finally consents to add her own narrative.As you would expect, the writing is accessible and flows evenly. The plot draws us in immediately. The conundrums are complex and insistent. As Picoult notes, "this could be you , too. You think, not I. But at any given moment, we are capable of doing what we least expect." Is this true? I wish I could swear that it is not. But as the survivors and victims of the Holocaust approach death and disappear, the question is a vital one that must be asked. Added to the Holocaust deniers who claim the camps were never true, this is a topic that is imperative. Bearing witness is part of this book, how to mend the world is another.
It is easy to dismiss Picoult with her repetitive plot of a family and a narrator pressed heavily with moral decisions. She is a popular writer, the death knell for many critics. But I find her work compelling and I don't mind the repetitive structure. These characters are complex and beautifully drawn. We could pick Sage from a crowd, and not due to her scar. Rather her hiding of her scar makes her distinctive.
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