LibraryThing Early Review
Halfon’s prose is pure elegance. It falls off the pages quietly, yet powerfully. Storytelling as subject and method is important to the author. To tell one's story is to mark it in history - to testify - so it will not be forgotten. Halfon uses writing to dissect his ancestral story and work through his Jewish history, especially as it relates to his maternal grandfather and the Holocaust. The outcome is beautiful, sometimes satiric and often hauntingly sad. It is an exceptional work of literature.
