Dear Georgette,

Your novel, Anschluss, is very impressive to me.
I finished reading it about 20 minutes ago, at 12:30 a.m.
I mustn't give you the impression that I am qualified to
give an opinion, if only because, I should be ashamed to
admit, I read primarily my own writing. I'm incompetent
to judge whether a book could find a publisher, whether
it would sell.  It's been a long time since I had any
hopes of having any of my own writing published, and
over the years I have become quite comfortable with
writing only for myself. Although in the last 65 years
many books about the Nazi atrocities have been published,
yours is the first that I have ever read on this subject.
I asked to read your book because I wished to learn more
about you as an individual, and that wish has been richly
rewarded. At some time in the future, - and there's no
hurry, - I would like you to tell me, perhaps in atelephone
conversation, how you came to write it, which of your own 
experiences it reflects, and how your understanding 
of yourself as the book's author has evolved over the years. 
I'm no literary critic. I think that most books aren't 
worth taking seriously. Yours is. Good books, like Anschluss, 
are works of art and create each its own domain within which 
it has no competition and criticism is meaningless. 
I'm not expressing myself very well; it's late and I'm tired. 
Therefore I should stop. You're busy, and you needn't
answer; but I'll be writing to you again in a few days.
Jochen