If This Is a Man
Early on in the story, the protagonist, an author, (some say that the protagonist is a reflection of Yann himself) makes reference to Primo Levi's "If This Is a Man"; Art Spiegelman's "Maus"; David Grossman's "See Under: Love"; Martin Amis's "Time's Arrow"; George Orwell's "Animal Farm"; Albert Camus's "The Plague"; and Pablo Picasso's "Guernica".