Between Two Enemy Lines – Oana David

Oana David’s novel is a recommendation to stop and do a little soul-searching, especially of our own prejudice, but also to reminisce and ponder upon historical consciousness.

I would be terribly wrong to categorize it as a mere love story, even though one is presented. For I understood the novel as a manifest for love in all forms (for one’s family, for one’s country, for traditions, people, places, for the past, present and, especially, for the future).

The dialogue exchange is fluid, even the couple’s. Minute descriptions present Luli’s (the main character) feelings and thoughts, but also the places where she goes to. The part of the novel where the bombing of Bucharest, in the spring of 1944, is described is really shattering, and the author manages to transpose the reader right in the middle of the events.

I dearly recommend you to read Oana David’s novel.