Very interesting story that really seems to go nowhere. You follow the life of Anna and the Swallow man through many years of the war and at the end of their time together the story just stops. No resolution. You do not find out who he was, who she was and now is or will be, you don't know if the war is over, you don't get that feeling of the story/book being finished. Very unfulfilling as a story.
Make no mistake. This short book is anything but a fairy tale. It depicts the highly careful and cautious lives led by a child and a man who keep on the move in order to hide from and foil the Nazis. They do not use their given names for good reason. Anonymity is their shield for survival in a world gone mad. They are constantly on the move, walking throughout Poland's width and breadth, staying out of site in its forests. At one point, they are caught up in the battle lines. The lessons taught by the Swallow Man are nothing less than profound. Brilliant!
