You can read a new review by Meytal Radzinski of my book ‘Cockroaches‘ on Biblibio Blog.

Cockroaches is not an easy book. It’s short, yes, and Mukasonga writes simply. It’s the sort of book you can read through within a few hours, but this is far from a quick, breezy read. This is a book that enters your soul. It feels like a cockroach has crawled under your skin, itching and burning as it burrows into you. It’s personal, but not manipulative in its emotions. Mukasonga’s survival sorrow rings powerfully, such that I cannot imagine a reader leaving this book unmoved. For this granddaughter of Holocaust survivors (and great-granddaughter, -niece, -cousin, etc. of Holocaust victims), the book felt like a necessary awakening to learn more about those horrors that I haven’t been exposed to as much. It felt like an education. And it felt like a painful reminder of how absolutely easy it is for humanity to fail, and fail again.

Read the whole review on Bibiblio Blog.