Library Reads

摘要

"Guilt is a hunter," says Joana, who fled Lithuania as World War Ⅱ commenced. "Fate is a hunter," retorts embittered East Prussian Florian, but for still-hopeful Polish Emilia, it's shame. And Alfred, self-importantly serving the Reich, says he's hunted by fear. Thus does Ruta Sepetys introduce the four young characters whose alternating voices shine throughout her splendid new YA novel, Salt to the Sea. Even as she chronicles maritime history's worst tragedy-the 1945 Soviet sinking of the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff with a loss of an estimated 9,000 lives, including many refugees-Sepetys reveals her characters' profound humanity to create a story that's urgently and radiantly told.