Cafe Scheherazade by Arnold ZableMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Actually my rating is 3.5.
Stories of people from Poland and Ukraine who tried to escape the German war machine. Many of them expected a rescue in the Soviet Union, but it appeared to be not a better option.
Eventually they travelled around the world and ended in Australia.
There are 2 dimensions of my reflection about this book.Firstly I have great respect for people whose stories are told in this book and I acknowledge skills of the author.
Secondly however, as a reader, I had trouble of sorting out all the facts of few parallel, extremely complicated, life stories.
I found a couple of links with facts about The Scheherazade in Acland St in Melbourne:
