The Children's Story: A Novel, Not for Children

ISBN-13: 9781475293982 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 268 str.

Robert A. Krueger

Opis

The novel is a mix of fantasy and reality. It defines different forms of evil and contrasts them with goodness and innocence in a format that is both serious and funny. One morning young teen sisters decide to go for a walk, not realizing that this outing will change them forever. They become trapped in a strange land where the outrageous and bizarre seem normal. They only wish to find their way home; but this journey, which is not of their choosing, has a different purpose or so it seems as they are forced on their way. The people and animals they meet are outlandish or eccentric or sometimes normal. Each has a lesson to teach or perhaps not. They are bombarded with sense and with nonsense that may or may not be nonsense. In their minds, they fight to remain children, but they are neither child nor adult. Deep inside the sisters progressively understand that there is a purpose to their journey and that it has to do with good and evil. But they are neither free from torment nor from the absurd. They must overcome the temptation of evil if, in fact, they can recognize it. Interwoven with the sisters' story are real life tales of good and of the arrogance and depravity of evil (as in the Holocaust), thus defining the nature of good and evil. Allegorically, this is everyone's journey and everyone's story. A non-traditional novel for Adults and Young Adults