Rarely does a memoir of childhood and adolescence encompass more than sentimental reminiscences of those years. And yet, Go, Not Knowing Where does precisely that as It leads the reader far beyond such a simplistic approach in recounting the first twenty years in the life of the author Leonie van Daalen. Go comprises not only stories from the personal life of the author but also chapters containing vivid descriptions of cultural life in Indonesia, of cruelty and suffering in Japanese prison camps, of the aftermath of World War II in war-torn Holland, and of the Indonesian War of Independence....
Rarely does a memoir of childhood and adolescence encompass more than sentimental reminiscences of those years. And yet, Go, Not Knowing Where does pr...
