A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz

Onthe2ndofAugust1947ayoungmangetsoffatraininasmallSwedishtown.HehassurvivedtheLodzghetto,Auschwitz,andtheharrowingslavecampsandtransportsduringthefinalmonthsofNaziGermany.Nowhehastolearntolivewithhismemories.Inthisintelligentanddeeplymovingbook,GoranRosenbergreturnstohisownchildhoodinordertotellhisfather'sstory.Itisalsothestoryofthechasmthatsoonopensbetweentheworldofthechild,suffusedwiththeoptimism,progressandcollectiveoblivionofpost-warSweden,andtheworldofthefather,hauntedbythelongshadowsofthepast.