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At the Wolf's Table by Rosella Postorino

At the Wolf's Table

by Rosella Postorino

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  • Jan 2019, 288 pages
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  • Gunta K. (Glens Falls, NY)
    Does not hold one's intrest
    The world has an immense amount of literature, fiction and nonfiction, about the Hitler era. This tome "At the Wolf's Table" by Rosella Postorino does not tell us anything new, for one; also it moves very slowly. Being the official food taster of Hitler is not a life threatening position considering the immense security this man had about him. What rubbed me the wrong way in particular was that these women were getting three meals a day, guaranteed, as compared to the thousands that were dying of starvation. Yes, true, if the food was poisoned these women would die but somehow I could not find within me to feel sorry for them in view of the destruction of human life all around them. So many of them from starvation. The fact that the commanding officer had singled Rosa out to have an intimate relationship with did not impress me either as his reasons for this were not analyzed. I feel he did this only because he could, so to me this relationship had no value. Rosa was still going to get her food three times a day. She allowed it, she did not stand up to him. I did not like this novel, there was nothing of value in this writing, no standing up for one's religious belief, one's family, one's pride. Just existing. It was not a case of Rosa agreeing to his demands or he would kill her. So much of that was going on at that time. What I am saying is that this story did not have a back bone
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