At its heart, After is about love and we are edified by reading it. There are no weaknesses in this brilliantly imagined and unforgettable story. That we do not see it coming makes it all the more powerful. But nothing can prepare readers for one of the most moving and unexpected of conclusions. The setting changes frequently as Felix, Yuli and the partisans attack or escape the Nazis, search for food, encounter Hitler Youth fanatics and hiding Jewish children. It is a measure of Gleitzman's awareness of his audience that he brings the context of family life into sharp relief. And the maternal Yuli shows him the kind of tactile affection, restrained as it is, that he has longed for from his mother.
As a partisan recruit, Felix helps a doctor tend the wounded. Yet, Gleitzman never allows the candle of hope to be extinguished. People are shot, farms are burnt and many people sent on forced marches starve to death. In counterpoint, Gleitzman does not resile from portraying the Holocaust in all its savagery. Morris Gleitzman After (Felix and Zelda Series) Audio CD Unabridged, Septemby Morris Gleitzman (Author, Reader) 260 ratings Part of: Once/Now/Then/After (2 books) Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Paperback 10.46 25 Used from 2.96 6 New from 8.58 Audio CD 8.13 5 Used from 11.95 7 New from 8. Felix's parents have disappeared in the round-ups of Jews and he has kept a faint flicker of hope that they will have survived. There are many poignant moments that are handled with great poise by Gleitzman.
Here he meets Yuli, a fearless young woman who realises that Felix needs protection not from the suspicious partisans but his desire to be with Gabriek. Felix pursues him and the two join up with a partisan group in a forest.
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