--- product_id: 12526109 title: "An Exclusive Love: A Memoir" brand: "johanna adorjánanthea bell" price: "5640 som" currency: KGS in_stock: true reviews_count: 6 url: https://www.desertcart.kg/products/12526109-an-exclusive-love-a-memoir store_origin: KG region: Kyrgyzstan --- # An Exclusive Love: A Memoir **Brand:** johanna adorjánanthea bell **Price:** 5640 som **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** An Exclusive Love: A Memoir by johanna adorjánanthea bell - **How much does it cost?** 5640 som with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.kg](https://www.desertcart.kg/products/12526109-an-exclusive-love-a-memoir) ## Best For - johanna adorjánanthea bell enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted johanna adorjánanthea bell brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![An Exclusive Love: A Memoir - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51LiEVfnthL.jpg) ![An Exclusive Love: A Memoir - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51lLlDIfy9L.jpg) ![An Exclusive Love: A Memoir - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31n6C5x9qdL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars An Exclusive Love *by N***M on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 20, 2012* Johanna Adorjan's grandparents committed a dual suicide, shocking everyone in the family. In the words of Adorjan: "This book tells the story of Vera and István, Hungarian Jews who survived the Holocaust, fled during the 1956 uprising in Budapest to Denmark and in 1991 in Copenhagen took their own lives. They were found in their bed, hand in hand. It is the story of an unusual love. The story of my grandparents." (wwnorton.com)That makes it sound so dangerous and romantic! Unfortunately, this book is anything but, which makes sense, because who wants to condone or aggrandize suicide? But this is the stuff of a Shakespearean-scale tragedy (hello, Romeo and Juliet) and yet the story is stale and I know it's a memoir but self-centered without informing on the author.Johanna Adorjan is a well-known journalist, and I expected her writing to be topnotch. To my disappointment I found the writing very dry-some of that may have to do with the fact that it was translated. An Exclusive Love had so much potential for a fictional tale of grand proportions, but as a memoir it was less interesting. At the end of the story, we know virtually nothing about Adorjan except that even years after her grandparents' death she is sad and feels betrayed.To Adorjan's credit, she attempts to come to terms with her grandparents' feelings about suicide, which is the most interesting part. She recognizes her grandmother's deeply rooted insecurity-despite her outward queenly appearance-and the desperate need to never be alone (even if it means death). These speculative bits of insight are truly compelling.I would have liked to see more information on Vera and Istvan's history in the Holocaust and immediately thereafter. However, Adorjan claims that it was impossible to get them to talk about it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars From the Grandchildren of Survivors *by L***O on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 11, 2012* Writer succeeds in writing about her own need and sentimentality in understanding her grandparents who survived in different but hard ways the excesses of the Nazis in Hungary on one side and the unsentimental personas of these Jewish grandparents. The story is the story of her grandparents last day, their planned suicide, the reasons, the way they go about this day and why they do it the way they do it. The why leads to the birth, circumstances and history of the grandparents, their friend's' account of them, their ambitions and their relationship. The main reason I really liked this book is that the writer has not made her grandparents too lovable,too cute, too understandable, hasn't tried to excuse,pry open and interpret these people or demonize anyone. It feels as close as it may be possible to talk about grandparents like these. Their Jewish heritage, Nazism, camps, science, love of music, Hungarian uprising, immigration and an exclusive marriage. Life that begins in the Hungarian world and ends in a neat tidy house in Denmark. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars An Exclusive Love A Memoir *by F***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 7, 2011* This is a beautifully told love/family tale in a well presented and compelling historical context.Told by the granddaughter who is very clear about what she absolutely Knows and what she doesn't.The author, and translator, speaks in an evocative and clear voice.I would definitely recommend this slim memoir. It's a great read.Amazon does a really good job of making customer recommendations based on past selections.I LIVE IN SEATTLE, WA. 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