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Hitler's Niece: A Novel

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fat men hoisting steins of foaming beer" and "a lantern that when lit depicted a little boy urinating").

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Consigning thousands of books to the status of irrelevancy is just the first of this intemperate review’s decrees. Writers interested in the science of the mind are also done in. Mr. Bukiet writes, "Psychology is the bane of the contemporary novel, because it cares more about mottives than actions or results." The first part of this sentence simply isn’t true: psychologists, after all, try toaffectactions and result. As for the second, I have difficulty in thinking of any authors of merit who are not at least implicitly concerned with the psychology of their characters. Without motivation and causality even Zane Grey would be without a plot.one of his greatest poems. In his latest novel, Hansen relates how the tawdry and torrid affair de coeurbetween lingerie salesman Judd Gray and desperate housewife Ruth Snyder explodes into a sensational and sensationalized 1927 murder and became the template for much of the hard-boiled fiction and film noir that would follow. Honestly, I probably wouldn't have read this if it weren't written by Ron Hansen, but I did and am glad for it. Though quite disturbing at times, it also provides a somewhat oblique perspective on the early years of Hitler's rise and the combination of his obsequious behavior toward potential benefactors while controlling those around him he perceived as subservient. JO:Your most recent book, She Loves Me Notis a collection of short stories—a return to the form that began your writing career. Why did you decide to return to this form? Can you speak a little about the collection and why you see this time as propitious for a collection of short stories? Hansen's Hitler is a mama's boy who likes to be coddled by women. He likes peanut butter sandwiches, has bad manners and worst taste (his country house features such wall decorations as a picture of "three jolly all her suitors and she longs for the freedom she has lost. As Hitler's sexual demands on her become increasingly importunate, she comes to resemble her captor -- moody, petulant and angry -- and she also secretly

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And there’s also great wodges of unfictionalised historical exposition straight out of a boring history book :Is it over yet? Definitely nothing ground breaking her unless you want to rad about Hitler’s sexual activities which I did not. We know he brought Geli to Munich and basically controlled her ever move. Nothing new there. Now, did Hitler kill her or did she commit suicide. To be honest, who cares? The relationship between Hitler and Geli Raubal -- the daughter of his half-sister, Angela -- has long been the subject of speculation among biographers and historians seeking a psychosexual explanation for the sources of the

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and becoming a doctor. Her attitude toward her uncle is ambivalent: on one hand, she cherishes the power she exerts over him and resents his new friendship with Eva Braun; on the other, she knows her uncle has driven away JO:Besides writing fiction, you’ve also lent your considerable talents to screenwriting—in particular to writing a screenplay for Mariette in Ecstasy. How did you find the experience? How is it different from writing fiction? Has Hollywood called since then? Are there other screenwriting projects that you have in the works? Covering the time of Germany during Hitler's climb, but before the beginning of the war. We see his rise through the adoring eyes of his niece Geli. This gives a more chilling look into the man, as Geli becomes more infatuated by her uncle, and he too is somewhat under her spell, the German people's enchantment with him grows. We also get the unique chance to view him through his family relations and early friendships, then as his powers grow we see how these relationships change.

Springtime for Hitler, in Love With His Niece

JO:Your wife Bo Caldwell is also a writer, of course. What particular challenges are there to being married to another writer? What are the benefits? Do you find you mutually inform one another in your work on any level?

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JO:Do you have a regular writing schedule? What are some good practical ways to encourage such a schedule for young writers? Ernest Hemingway had two famous bits of advice for budding writers—“Write about what you know and keep it simple.” Is there any sort of advice that you give young writers regarding what makes a successful writer? Isn’t it healthier (and more useful) to admit that the fiend who fathered the Holocaust could also tell a joke, buy a gift, and fall in love–as is, in fact, true? Otherwise we make Hitler seem entirely exceptional, and the history of even our century shows that he is not. In an ominous and censorious tone, Mr. Bukiet asks why I wrote Hitler’s Niece.The answer is straightforward: education about the past is our greatest defense against the insanities we are bound to meet in the future.JO:The notion of “Catholic Fiction” is a slippery one---because its representatives can include everyone from J.R.R. Tolkien to Walker Percy (not to mention everyone from Chaucer to Ron Hansen). Considering the world of difference that exists between Bilbo Baggins and Binx Bolling, though, how do you define this term---“Catholic Fiction”---and how do you understand yourself as a Catholic writer in this mode? Fortunately for Catholics and non-Catholics alike, Nebraska-born and Catholic-raised novelist Ron Hansen dismissed reports on the death of Catholic fiction as greatly exaggerated. Also, I have never read this book, but I did read somewhere that it contains a character who is based on Geli:

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