Caress the Water, Caress the Wind

Oz stitches together history and fantasy with poetic cruelty: before and after World War II, between Poland and Israel, individuals were repeatedly crushed by the manipulation and national vendetta of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. The promised land hangs far away, and ordinary people are forever trapped in the despair of "escape from the enemy but not from one's own people." Stefan said that "everyone is in urgent need of being saved" is human instinct and transcends nationality and belief. Oz incorporates Heideggerian speculation into artillery fire and loosens it with fantasy: the escaped Jesus, the Siamese cats named Chopin and Schopenhauer, using naming to resist the engulfment of history. Reality and fiction are intertwined, and it reads like "hands go down into the water, and up into the wind." It is both deep in the mud and touches the question of existence. A gentle name with a cruel core. Oz's foreshadowing - reconciliation is not in politics, but in the simple desire to "return to the land and regain youth." The Promised Land is truly possible when "thoughts in action cease." The strong winds of history will eventually blow everything away, but there will always be people who, like water, lie low and penetrate, looking for their own river channel. The words wander between fiction and reality, just like water patterns trying to maintain their shape in the wind

The plot of this book is engaging and manages to convey a variety of emotions and images in a short space of time. I especially hate Nazi officers, their cruelty and callousness make people angry. The author Oz is really amazing. He can portray the characters so vividly that I felt like I was in the middle of the story. Looking forward to more of his works!