What a wonderfully written book The Endless Steppe is! My grandsons will be reading it, as the will be getting it as an "Oma present" when I visit. It is a corner of WWII history many are unaware of, as the Polish "capitalist class" deportees of the Russian occupation prior to the Nazi takeover were, as Esther puts it, "saved by our exile." Ever intelligent, resourceful and inquisitive, Esther's family members manage to make their sojourn in Siberia a generative, life-affirming time. Hence, Esther's memoir has a universal message beyond merely recounting her life.
What a wonderfully written book The Endless Steppe is! My grandsons will be reading it, as the will be getting it as an "Oma present" when I visit. It is a corner of WWII history many are unaware of, as the Polish "capitalist class" deportees of the Russian occupation prior to the Nazi takeover were, as Esther puts it, "saved by our exile." Ever intelligent, resourceful and inquisitive, Esther's family members manage to make their sojourn in Siberia a generative, life-affirming time. Hence, Esther's memoir has a universal message beyond merely recounting her life.