it doesn’t seem to be an unreasonable premise that war stories should take place in the distant past. however u.s. is currently involved in two wars and just today former bosnian serb leader radovan karadzic made his first appearance at trial to argue for more time to prepare his defense against charges of genocide, the genocide that serves as the setting for this story. it doesn’t seem to be an unreasonable premise that war stories should take place in the distant past, its just unrealistic.

from the author: “has your life been so kind,” she asked her daughter, “that you thought nazis were only in the movies? like godzilla and the terminator?”