 Commenting on the controversy the book generated , Steiner admitted to literary journalist and critic Ron Rosenbaum ( author of Explaining Hitler ) that he too was disturbed by it , adding that his fictional Hitler had gotten the better of him , " golem- or Frankenstein @-@ like " . He said that it felt like the book " wrote me " . Steiner also pointed out that the novella is not only about his thoughts on the Holocaust , but also about the horrific events that took place in countries like Cambodia , Vietnam , El Salvador and Burundi : " My feeling is that one has to grapple with the abyss if one can . " 
 Commenting on the controversy the book generated , Steiner admitted to literary journalist and critic Ron Rosenbaum ( author of Explaining Hitler ) that he too was disturbed by it , adding that his fictional Hitler <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> gotten the better of him , " golem- or Frankenstein @-@ like " . He said that it felt like the book " wrote me " . Steiner also pointed out that the novella is not only about his thoughts on the Holocaust , but also about the horrific events <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>took place in countries like Cambodia , Vietnam , El Salvador and Burundi : " My feeling is that one <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> to grapple with the abyss if one can . " 
Commenting on da controversy the book generated , Steiner admitted to literary journalist and critic Ron Rosenbaum ( author of Explaining Hitler ) that he too was disturbed by it , adding dat his fictional Hitler done gotten the betta of him , " golem- or Frankenstein @-@ like " . He said that it felt like the book " wrote me " . Steiner also pointed outt that the novella ain't only about his thoughts on the Holocaust , but also about the horrific events took place in countries like Cambodia , Vietnam , El Salvador and Burundi : " My feelin is tdatone gotta grapple wid the abyss if one can . "