O poveste bazata pe un fapt real, intrucat locurile si evenimentele descrise au existat cu adevarat. Chiar daca personajele sunt fictive, experienta lor extraordinara care ni se dezvaluie pe parcursul cartii ne duce cu gandul la ceea ce au trait si au simtit evreii din Varsovia in timpul celui de-al doilea razboi mondial, cum au murit din cauza foamei, cum au fost dusi in lagare si executati in masa, cum au incercat sa supravietuiasca sub presiunea inspaimantatoare a terorii si a mortii iminente. Iubirea, ura, frica, groaza, teroarea, cruzimea se impletesc, dand nastere unei povesti captivante.
James Alfred "Alf" Wight, OBE, FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), known by the pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinary surgeon to write a series of books each consisting of stories about animals and their owners.[1] He is best known for these semi-autobiographical works, beginning with All Creatures Great and Small in 1972. The British television series adapted from the books is also titled All Creatures Great and Small.
