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by Gilles Rozier In the days of Brokeback Mountain, society can handle a book like The Mercy Room. In the time when Germany occupied several countries, a German teacher was told by the Gestapo to translate documents, hence sparing his life. Over the weeks, he sees a Jewish soldier who is a prisoner and immediately is drawn to him. This German teacher ends up housing this Jewish soldier in his home with his family. What is brilliant about The Mercy Room is the way that the story is told. It is subtle. The reader is never one hundred percent sure who the narrator is, other than a German translator. The reader knows that he is married to a woman for whom he has no emotional or physical feelings. The reader understands the passion that the German teacher and Jewish soldier feel for each other, especially when it is acted upon. The environment of German occupied France adds to the risk elements both characters face. For readers who enjoy a great story-telling type of book, The Mercy Room should be added to those wishlists and to-be-read piles. |
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The Mercy Room