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Blending reality and folklore in the lives of the residents of Wlodawa, a Polish town, Shankman tells the truth in her surreal stories.<\/p>\n

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Review<\/h3>\n

I am so pleased with both the books that I received from Scribner this year. I loved reading The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane<\/em> by Lisa See (read review)<\/a><\/span>, which was a March release. Even though I was very enthusiastic about this book by Shankman at first, my interest was dampened after being underwhelmed by Wioletta Greg’s Swallowing Mercury<\/em>(read review)<\/a><\/span>, also set in a Polish town. I admit it was a foolish reason to get disheartened merely because both the books are set in the same place. Anyhow, I am very happy that I have found yet another favourite short story collection in They were like Family to Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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They were Like Family to Me<\/em> has interlinked stories and I would recommend reading them in the original order in which they are presented in the book. The stories are set the small Polish town of Wlodawa in 1942. Through the POVs of Germans, Poles and Jews, we see the Nazis busy in emptying \u00a0the town and nearby places of Jewish population. Two characters recur almost in every story: Willy Reinhart, Regional Commissioner of Agricultural Products and Services, and Haskel Soroka, a skilled saddlemaker (and Shankman\u2019s maternal ancestor). Reinhart is a flawed soul, but he wants to protect as many Jews as possible. The author reveals a little more about the friendship between Soroka and Reinhart through these stories.<\/p>\n

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Each story is beautiful on its own. As I read the first story, I formed my first impressions and gave a star rating in my head. But as I turned pages, my fondness for the book went to an exponential high. It is when I read the last few stories that I realized how much I loved reading the book that I did not want it to end. Shankman \u00a0reveals a part of a painting in each story and then the whole painting in all its majesty towards the end; so you get to know all the portions where the narrator seemed elusive. I loved the ending notes where Shankman recalls her family\u2019s personal experiences that inspired these stories. They made the stories seem so real, yet undeniably magical.<\/p>\n

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Some readers might argue that giving a magical realism effect to the stories would lessen the impact of the barbaric activities and atrocities committed. The lyrical prose in All the Light we Cannot See<\/em> by Anthony Doerr (read review)<\/a><\/span> was criticized for being too \u2018nice\u2019 that it doesn\u2019t give a clear picture of the horrors of the war. Personally I loved the Doerr book too. Shankman\u2019s writing style isn\u2019t as lyrical, but there is an enchanting veil of talking dogs, a Messiah who wants to give up his job, humans who transform into beasts, the land of Poland rising up to defend itself and a Golem with a mission. She makes the horrors of the hatred towards a community speak for itself in the classic \u2018show-no-tell\u2019 technique by her tender observations that often shock the reader. I love how she made her characters on either side of the war flawed, so you see them as raw humans.<\/p>\n

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Below is a brief summary of the stories I loved, which are six from the eight in the collection. I think that is impressive for a short story collection.<\/p>\n

In the Land of Armadillos<\/em> is the story of a German who wants to save the life of the Jewish artist who illustrated his son\u2019s picture book while he doesn\u2019t mind exterminating the artist\u2019s friends and family. There is a symbolic reference to the political situation using a story of armadillos and cockatoos and how the some Jews are magically saved by the artist.<\/p>\n

The Partizans<\/em> talk of the power of the partizans to shapeshift into beasts.<\/p>\n

In The Messiah<\/em>, the messiah appears in a boy\u2019s bedroom and says he wants to quit trying to save the world. It does not hurt Christian religious sentiments, but makes the reader wonder about the concept of a Messiah, whether he is just a lunatic or a real saviour. The magical climax of this story was wonderfully done.<\/p>\n

The Jew Hater<\/em> is about Pavel Walczak, an anti Semitic Pole, who has pointed out the Jews in his neighbourhood to the Nazi regime. He is threatened by the partizans to take care of a young Jewish girl. Reminiscent of Silas Marner by George Eliot<\/em>, the young girl transforms him while a talking dog changes both their lives.<\/p>\n

The Golem of Zukov<\/em> \u00a0has a surreal, magical feel and is the story of loyalty, magic and a golem.<\/p>\n

A Decent Man <\/em>is what I call a \u2018climax story\u2019. It sheds light on Reinhart and connects all the stories by the truth of what happened. You know the kind that makes you say \u201cOh! Now I get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Overall, I adored all the stories except for the title story, which makes it seven great stories out of the eight in this book). Shankman sometimes ends her stories with a link to a real incident and how she adapted the reality into a story. This was something I did not enjoy at first, but after a few stories I felt comfortable with this style of narration. Such endings gave insight into the situations Jews had to face. I have qualms about the\u00a0 reference \u2018wolf\u2019 and ‘bear’ that appears in several stories. This was quite lost on me. I think the idea must be part of Polish folklores that I am not familiar with.<\/p>\n

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Final Verdict<\/h3>\n

If you pick a copy I would highly recommend sticking with the whole collection because it gets better with each story. If you love magical realism, stories of war and stories of normal humans that lived in this world years ago, you will love the collection. I am sure these stories will linger in my mind for a very long time.<\/p>\n

PS: This collection was originally published by the name In the Land of Armadillos.<\/em>
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Title : They were Like Family to Me
\nAuthor : Helen Maryles Shankman
\nPublisher : Scribner
\nPublished : 2016
\nLanguage : English
\nPages : 304
\nRating : 4.5\/5<\/p>\n

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Disclaimer : Much thanks to Scribner for a copy of the book. All opinions are my own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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