things change

In the Sea there are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda is a fine novel, based on a true story, about a young boy’s journey, as an asylum seeker, from Afghanistan to Italy.
My Father’s Notebook by Kader Abdolah tells the story of the relationship between a son and his deaf, mute father. Set in Iran, it beautifully portrays the relationship in the context of the changes that were taking place in Iran.
A Jew Must Die by Jacques Chessex is a beautiful, short story (90 pages) about a terrible crime committed in 1942 by local fascists in a rural Swiss town.