Helpful Score: 1
I will begin by saying that this book is different then The Red Tent mostly because of the time period it is set in. I believe it was easier for the author to take liberties with a time period that cannot be verified by fact (The Red Tent). Day After Night was set in Israel immediately following WWII. The similarity with The Red Tent is that it follows the experiences of a group of women.
The novel is about the experiences of Jewish women placed in the Atlit internment camp in Israel. The camp is run by the British. I learned a lot about a piece of history that I was unaware of. I had no idea that after WWII there were limits placed on how many people could immigrate to Israel. If you arrived without the proper papers you were placed in a camp.
The four main characters all had vastly different experiences during the war, which influence their attitudes and actions in the camp. As the story of Atlit unfolds we slowly learn the details of their experiences.
I enjoyed the book, but not near as much as The Red Tent. I feel that the author attempted to incorporate too much of the factual history into the events to make the stories of the women flow well. If you are interested in the Holocaust you will appreciate this book. If nothing else it is worth your time to learn about an important, but not much discussed, period of history.
The novel is about the experiences of Jewish women placed in the Atlit internment camp in Israel. The camp is run by the British. I learned a lot about a piece of history that I was unaware of. I had no idea that after WWII there were limits placed on how many people could immigrate to Israel. If you arrived without the proper papers you were placed in a camp.
The four main characters all had vastly different experiences during the war, which influence their attitudes and actions in the camp. As the story of Atlit unfolds we slowly learn the details of their experiences.
I enjoyed the book, but not near as much as The Red Tent. I feel that the author attempted to incorporate too much of the factual history into the events to make the stories of the women flow well. If you are interested in the Holocaust you will appreciate this book. If nothing else it is worth your time to learn about an important, but not much discussed, period of history.
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