Smugglers : A Novel in Three Parts (No. 1) (Hardcover)

from moderatrix8

Told in a storytelling style, Smugglers takes a little getting used to. As you're reading, it's easy to imagine that you're listening to an old man recounting the happenings of his old-world village. Originally published in 1920, you really get a feel from this book of how things were in Poland j...

from moderatrix8

Told in a storytelling style, Smugglers takes a little getting used to. As you're reading, it's easy to imagine that you're listening to an old man recounting the happenings of his old-world village. Originally published in 1920, you really get a feel from this book of how things were in Poland j...

from oelusiveone

I eagerly awaited the arrival of this book as I generally enjoy Polish fiction & its different cultural perspective. However, I found the writing in this book confusing & juvenile. It jumps around with little or no reason that I can divine & the sentences are grade school level. There's no way to...

from OpheliaAwakens

It wasn't necessarily a hard book to get through, but it wasn't exactly compelling either. It's hard to critique a book that was released in 1920 based on today's standards, but I think it would have been much improved by a first person voice. I was just too distant from the characters to care as...

from Joles

While, not a book I enjoyed reading, Smugglers was a story that had to be told. At times this book was a little confusing because of the vast array of jumping around between families, I do understand why it was done that way. The story was telling. The book reads more like a history book than a n...