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Quicklet on Tatiana de Rosnay's Sarah's Key (Book Summary)
Quicklet on Tatiana de Rosnay's Sarah's Key (Book Summary)
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay tells two simultaneous narratives. One story tells the experiences of Sarah, a young Jewish-French girl living in Paris with her family during World War II. The parallel story revolves around the character of Julia Jarmond, an American journalist living in Paris with her husband and her daughter, Zoe.
As much as the book focuses on the parallel narratives of Sarah and Julia, Sarah’s Key also contains an overarching story of France. These three foci fatefully intersect during an event known as the Roundup of the Vel’d’Hiv’ on July 16, 1942, when French policemen and civil servants rounded up nearly 10,000 Jewish people. These people were sent first to internment camps in France, and then later on to their deaths at the infamous concentration camp, Auschwitz.
EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK
The contrast between the comfortable life of Julia, a Gentile living in Paris in 2002, and Sarah, a Jew in the same city in 1942, could not be more distinct. Sarah’s concerns are in regards to life and death, while Julia has the luxury of entertaining concerns of her appearance. However, Julia is unaware just how much her own comfortable life will be irrevocably transformed as she learns more and more of Sarah’s own life story.
Julia tries to tell Bertrand what she’s learned, and again encounters the common French attitude that asks, “Why bring that up? The past is over.” In fact, Bertrand goes on to state that “Nobody cares anymore. Nobody remembers. Write about something else. Something funny, something cute.”
BOOK OUTLINE
+About the Book
+About the Author
+Synopsis
+Key Terms and Definitions
+Chapter-By-Chapter Commentary & Summary
+Additional Resources
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay tells two simultaneous narratives. One story tells the experiences of Sarah, a young Jewish-French girl living in Paris with her family during World War II. The parallel story revolves around the character of Julia Jarmond, an American journalist living in Paris with her husband and her daughter, Zoe.
As much as the book focuses on the parallel narratives of Sarah and Julia, Sarah’s Key also contains an overarching story of France. These three foci fatefully intersect during an event known as the Roundup of the Vel’d’Hiv’ on July 16, 1942, when French policemen and civil servants rounded up nearly 10,000 Jewish people. These people were sent first to internment camps in France, and then later on to their deaths at the infamous concentration camp, Auschwitz.
EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK
The contrast between the comfortable life of Julia, a Gentile living in Paris in 2002, and Sarah, a Jew in the same city in 1942, could not be more distinct. Sarah’s concerns are in regards to life and death, while Julia has the luxury of entertaining concerns of her appearance. However, Julia is unaware just how much her own comfortable life will be irrevocably transformed as she learns more and more of Sarah’s own life story.
Julia tries to tell Bertrand what she’s learned, and again encounters the common French attitude that asks, “Why bring that up? The past is over.” In fact, Bertrand goes on to state that “Nobody cares anymore. Nobody remembers. Write about something else. Something funny, something cute.”
BOOK OUTLINE
+About the Book
+About the Author
+Synopsis
+Key Terms and Definitions
+Chapter-By-Chapter Commentary & Summary
+Additional Resources
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