BOOK REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION: THE SKY IS RED BY GIUSEPPE BERTO
Hello readers and fellow bloggers! Today I will share a review of a novel The Sky is Red by Italian writer Giuseppe Berto. Published in 1947, this novel is set in Italy during the Second World War period. Focused on a group of orphans trying to survive the war on their own terms, this novel is a difficult but rewarding read. I would describe it as an accomplished work of literature. The last book I reviewed was The Diary of Anna Frank , another book set in this historical period. That was a diary while The Sky is Red is a novel, but children and adolescents are in the center of both so I couldn't help comparing them in my mind. The war period is always the hardest for children, especially when they have to be separated from their friends and/or family. I think it is important to always respect the victim and to understand that in World World II there were human causalities and civilian lives lost on all sides. The loss of human life is always tragic, no matter on what side...