How does it feel to be involved, however indirectly, in an atrocity like the Holocaust?
Rachel Seiffert's extraordinary first novel tells the stories of three generations of Germans from the rubble of war-torn Berlin to the legacy of guilt felt by many Germans today. Rachel is one of the nominees for the 2001 Booker Prize - the winner of which will be announced this evening. The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert (Heinemann, ISBN: 0434009865, £12.99).
