Shosha is a melancholic story about a worldly Jewish writer named Aaron Greidinger and his curious and unexplainable attachment to his childhood sweetheart against the backdrop of the political onset of the second world war.

I loved the sense of fatalist, hedonistic philosophy which a central theme throughout the book as with the other-wordly motifs e.g. the transgressive dybbuk, as well as the insight it gives into the Jewish religion and tradition. However my average rating is a reflection of my enjoyment of the book as the endless philosophising and political dissection became a bit dull and pedestrian to read as things wore on.