Her heart: a closed book?

Rating: Null/10 (16 December 2008)

The law school student had an important clue: the holocaust segment was mostly a distraction. The main character was good at reading but he couldn't understand his most interesting book, and he didn't get a chance to finish. As was played out in one highly symbolic scene, it was as if they were riding in the same tram car but couldn't connect; couldn't touch; couldn't speak. They were traveling at different speeds too: his rate of "experience acceleration" was probably more than twice hers if measured in years, and she was part of the reason for it. His brain and heart were busier construction zones than postwar berlin. I was floored by the unhesitating, emotionless, and almost helpless honesty of her character - it was more beautiful than her young body.