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|title=Julia

|author=Otto de Kat

|publisher=MacLehose Press

|date=October 2011

|summary=Chris, a young man currently living and working in pre-war Germany becomes smitten by a local girl, Julia. He has plenty of time in which to contemplate a rash decision of his and of its heartbreaking consequences.

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As as the much older Chris, in the last few hours of his life, tells the reader what happened in the intervening years, there's an overall sense of loss and sadness. Many sentences have a poignancy about them and the reader is left sometimes, to almost want to fill in the gaps. Yes, war does strange things to certain individuals. The pieces of the jig-saw do fit eventually but before all that, we have to endure Chris's heartbreaking story. Tight, taut and tense in places. A beautifully told tale. Highly recommended.

If this book appeals then you might also enjoy [[The Blind Side of the Heart by Julia Franck]].

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