The Little Liar: From the Bestselling Author of The Stranger in the Lifeboat
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
Beloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with his most important novel to date, an unforgettable story of truth and lies set during the Holocaust.
Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis has never told a lie. When the Nazis invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is persuade his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading “north,” where new jobs and safety await. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy reassures passengers on the station platform every day.
But when the final train is loaded, Nico sees his family being herded into a boxcar. Only then does he discover that he has helped send them—and everyone he knows and loves—to their doom at Auschwitz.
Nico escapes—but he never tells the truth again.
In The Little Liar, Mitch Albom examines the human repercussions of deception by interweaving the stories of Nico, who yearns for forgiveness; his older brother, Sebastian, who vows revenge against him; Fannie, the girl who must choose between them; and Udo Graf, the Nazi officer who forever changed their lives with his lies.
Through the war years, the concentration camps, and the decades that follow, Albom reveals the consequences of each person’s honesty and dishonesty, bringing them back to where it all started in a staggering climax worthy of the best of Albom’s internationally embraced stories.
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Readers say Mitch Albom’s *The Little Liar* offers a beautifully written, deeply moving portrayal of life before and during the Holocaust, with richly...
“A novel is not a history book” (as said by the author in the “ From the Author” section of this book) but merely a work of fiction telling us the horrifying story that went on in these death camps at Auschwitz but this book just doesn’t start or stop there. This book tells us the story of happy lives being lived before WW2, the brutal truth that went on in the death camps of Auschwitz & the never forgotten memories, never to be lived again by it survivors. Though, a work of fiction, I’m sure to think of this story, whenever I hear the words WW2 or Holocaust. This story & its 4 main characters or corner are something you’ll carry with you for a long time.
The book is beautiful written & by far the finest work by the Author. The narration was spot on & keeps you hooked from the very first page. It’s a book you wouldn’t want to put down. The story was well researched, well calculated and each event well rolled out. Its characters were thoroughly thought through, so much so that you will find yourself intertwined with their lives & each one of the four characters is sure to find a special place in your heart.
All in all, this work of fiction is one of its kind you would ever read in this genre. Highly recommended if you’re a fan of historical fiction or books like “The book thief or The tattooist of Auschwitz.
This story can make a good movie someday.
Thanks to Netgalley, the publishers at the Little brown book & the Author Mitch Albom from this ARC.
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