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In the end Johannes tells Elsa that Berlin has been divided in 2 by the allies and she find out what he's really been up to. This was in the summer of 1948. THREE YEARS after the end of the war and the fall of Vienna to the allies. It's sickening. The ending is very anti climactic after this reveal.
Caging Skies. Written by Christine Leunens Review by Larry Zuckerman. Like many Viennese boys of the late 1930s, Johannes Betzler joins the Hitler Youth, in which he takes great pride, and swallows the Nazi message whole, to his parents’ dismay. When the war comes, he figures out that they’re hiding a young Jewish woman, Elsa, behind a ...
7 Νοε 2019 · Christine Leunens shares discussion points, ideas and questions for her book Caging Skies in this book club guide. Caging Skies is a gripping, atmospheric novel about obsession and love.
1 Οκτ 2019 · As the war rages on, he discovers his parents are hiding a Jewish girl called Elsa behind a false wall in their large house in Vienna. His initial horror turns to love and obsession. Both...
8 Αυγ 2019 · Both manipulating and manipulated, Johannes dreads the end of the war: with it will come the prospect of losing Elsa and their relationship, which ranges through passion and obsession, dependence...
6 Αυγ 2019 · An extraordinary, strikingly original novel that reveals a world of truth and lies both personal and political, Caging Skies is told through the eyes of Johannes Betzler, avid member of the...
Leunens’ second novel, Caging Skies, was originally published in 2004. Set in Vienna during the Second World War, it follows a member of the Hitler Youth who discovers a young Jewish woman hidden by his parents behind a fake wall of his home.
