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| Plot Summary of The Long Voyage |
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"The Long Voyage tells the story of a five day train ride to a German concentration camp near Weimar in the winter of 1943. Manuel, the narrator, is a captured member of the resistance. He finds himself jammed into a railcar with 119 other prisoners pressed up against one another so that there is barely room to breathe.
Manuel tells the story of the journey from sixteen years after the event. He fills it with flashbacks and flashforwards: his childhood in Spain and Holland, his arrest and imprisonment in the Auxerre prison, his life in the camp and his eventual liberation."
Jack Goodstein, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
War/Revolt/Disaster on civilians
Yes
Conflict:
- War, WW II
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an above average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 (an average amount)
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog
- little dialog
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