Max
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
Max se bo rodil 20. aprila 1936, na rojstni dan Adolfa Hitlerja. O tem je prepričan že kot zarodek. Dojenček je rezultat programa Lebensborn (kot si ga je zamislil Heinrich Himmler decembra 1935), enega najbolj zastrašujočih nacističnih projektov za oblikovanje čistokrvne arijske rase. Max odrašča pod strogim očesom profesorja Ebnerja. Ves čas ga merijo, testirajo in nadzirajo. Že pri štirih letih mu zaupajo posebno nalogo. Na Poljskem mora pomagati pri ugrabitvah svetlolasih, modrookih otrok. Dokler nekega dne ne spozna Lukasa, uporniškega fanta, ki mu razkrije vso kruto resnico. Max je pretresljiv roman, predvsem zaradi nazorne in hladnokrvne pripovedi, ki vseskozi prihaja iz otroških ust. Snov je zgodovinsko natančno raziskana, zato je knjiga zelo pomembna za mlade in odrasle, saj odpira široke možnosti za pogovor, sploh v času naraščajoče nestrpnosti.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
French author Cohen-Scali's U.S. debut chronicles the rise and fall of the Third Reich through the eyes of a child. Konrad von Kebnersol (dubbed Max by his birth mother) is a product of Lebensborn, a top-secret Nazi eugenics program designed to propagate the Aryan race. Baptized by Hitler and raised by the Nazi Party, Max serves as bait to aid in the kidnapping of Polish children, then enrolls at the Kalish school to facilitate the abductees' Germanization. There, Max meets Lukas, an older boy to whom Max bears a striking resemblance. The two become like brothers, so it's a shock to Max when Lukas confides that he's Jewish. Unfortunately, Cohen-Scali's plot relies too heavily on coincidence, and Max's narration lacks nuance (even as a fetus, he narrates like a mustache-twirling villain); although Lukas's relationship with Max forms the book's emotional core, Cohen-Scali waits 200 pages to introduce him. The novel endeavors to teach an important lesson about the indoctrination and exploitation of German youth, but excessive exposition and an awkward structure muddy the message. Ages 15 up.
