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See Under Love
See Under Love
Jan 19, 2026 12:14 AM

Author:David Grossman,Betsy Rosenberg

See Under Love

Momik, the only child of two survivors, is brought up in Israel by a family seeking to ignore the past. No-one will explain to him what life was like 'Over There' or what the 'Nazi Beast' is. His 9-year-old mind imagines a Nazi Beast hiding in the cellar, waiting to feed on Jews. Momik increasingly shields himself from all feeling and attachment. But through the stories his great-uncle tells him-the same stories he told the commandant of a Nazi concentration camp-Momik, too, becomes "infected with humanity."

See Under: Love is a luminously imaginative and profoundly affecting work.

Reviews

One of the most ambitious, generous, beautiful, indispensable books I've been fortunate enough to read

—— Jonathan Safran Foer , Guardian

See Under: Loveis one of the most disturbing novels I've ever read...When I was already well into it, I'd circle it warily before picking it up again . . . then fall instantly under its spell, for it is wickedly readable

—— Edmund White

This novel is so innovative, yet at the same time so readable, that I can only say that it gives the lie to that critical cliche. It is a tour de force of pure storytelling, and a demonstration of both the need for story and the limits of all particular stories. I consider it a triumph

—— Guardian

A ridiculously talented writer

—— The New York Times

It made me laugh more than any other book I've read this year

—— Nick Hornby
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