Elliot Rosenzweig, a respected civic leader and wealthy philanthropist, is attending a fundraiser when he is suddenly accosted and accused of being a former Nazi SS officer named Otto Piatek, the Butcher of Zamosc. Although the charges are denounced as preposterous, his accuser is convinced he is right and engages attorney Catherine Lockhart to bring Rosenzweig to justice. Solomon persuades attorney Catherine Lockhart to take his case, revealing that the true Piatek was abandoned as a child and raised by Solomon's own family only to betray them during the Nazi occupation. But has Solomon accused the right man?
Once We Were Brothers is Ronald H. Balson's compelling tale of two boys and a family who struggle to survive in war-torn Poland, and a young love that struggles to endure the unspeakable cruelty of the Holocaust. Two lives, two worlds, and sixty years converge in an explosive race to redemption that makes for a moving and powerful tale of love, survival, and ultimately the triumph of the human spirit
0 有用 MackAFish 2019-08-06 04:13:14
故事的情节本身可以打10分,可是这本书也止步于此:一本情节精彩的故事书而已,其文学性之低甚至都不能被称为“小说”。一个纳粹大屠杀幸存者口述自己的经历时还严谨地穿插着各种关于二战欧洲战场的进程以及大屠杀相关的数据,同时还借书中人物之口详细地解释了某些专有名词的词源、演变、以及在二战中的含义。考虑到作者是个经验丰富的诉讼律师,把一个精彩的故事写成条理清晰资料详实的legal brief似乎也就不奇怪了
0 有用 Clay 2016-09-16 13:00:53
Ben and Hannan人物设计很鲜活。一开始听Ben描述的时候,觉得很无理取闹,怀疑是一面之词。可是越看越会像里面的女律师一样,情不自禁想知道故事的发展。Otto的人物设计层次感不太够,应该介绍一下他的转变及其原因。
0 有用 热土豆不用告白 2014-05-04 06:24:35
我在明尼苏达MOA买的这本书,通宵在机场读的,感觉很纠结。两个人的命运就这么纠缠在一起扯不开