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    Suddenly, Love

    Written by Aharon Appelfeld

    Narrated by Neil Shah

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Ernst is a gruff seventy-year-old Red Army veteran. Retired, he lives alone and spends his time laboring over his unpublished novels. Irena, in her mid-thirties, has been taking care of Ernst since his surgery two years earlier. Quiet and shy, Irena is in awe of Ernst’s intellect. And as the months pass, Ernst comes to depend on the gentle young woman who runs his house. But Ernst’s writing gives him no satisfaction, and he is haunted by his Communist past. He seems to lose the will to live. But this is something Irena will not allow. As she becomes an important part of his life, Ernst regains his sense of self and discovers, to his amazement, that Irena is in love with him. And, even more astonishing, he realizes that he is in love with her, too.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateJun 24, 2014
    ISBN9781629237435
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    • 2/5
      Stilted translation, confusing tense
    • 4/5
      I love this book cover, it exemplifies the story so well. This is a quiet and introspective book featuring two people that are so different. Ernst, who disclaimed his Jewish roots when he was young, was a veteran of the Red Army in the Ukraine. He was a communist who persecuted the Jews. Now at the age of seventy, in failing health, he is trying to write his memoirs, finding a way to come terms with his past behavior and beliefs. Seeking forgiveness from his now dead parents.Irena is 36, her parents now also deceased were Holocaust survivors. She comes to take care of Ernst who often suffers from depression. Somehow these two unlikely souls, forge a bond and a relationship that is endearing and inspiring. A wonderful look at forgiveness and love, for oneself and for others.Arc from publisher.
    • 4/5
      Thankfully I do not base all my reading choices based on titles or I would never have picked up Suddenly, Love by Aharon Appelfeld, and I would have missed out on a masterfully told story unconditional love. The story takes place in Israel where the reader meets Ernst, a 70-year-old Red Army veteran from Ukraine, and thirty-six year old Irena, the daughter of Holocaust survivors. Irena has been caring for Ernst and his home for two years and finds is intellect fascinating, yet the two are so very different, Ernst twice married, his first wife and child were murdered by the Nazis, and his second wife he divorced, while Irena never married. Irena attempts to help Ernst with his work, but he is too tormented by his past and as his health rapidly deteriorates Irena steps in to help Ernst find a reason to live. Appelfeld has constructed a beautiful, poetic, and at times rather sorrowful book about two people, who meet by chance, both haunted by their pasts and learn to find small joys in the simple things in life, as well as heal the wounds of the past and in so doing, just possibly find forgiveness. Suddenly, Love is exceptionally well written and not to be missed, do not be fooled by the title. I would recommend this book to everyone, but especially book discussion groups.