Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, General, Literature/Fiction, tagged American authors, American life, American Pastoral, anti-semitism, Assimilation, Authors, Book Reviews, Books, fiction, Jewish Authors, Jewish Culture, Jewish identity, Jewish Life, Literature, Novels, Philip Roth, stories, Writers on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Philip Roth’s American Pastoral is a novel that is filled with so much insight, description, vivid details, emotion, and intensity, that I read it straight through. It is a novel I have wanted to read for quite some time, and I am definitely glad I finally did. I am an avid Roth fan, and have [...]
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Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, General, Literature/Fiction, tagged "Away", Amy Bloom, Authors, Book Reviews, Books, Female Authors, female writers, fiction, historical fiction, Literature, Novels, sagas, stories, Victorian America, Writers on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Away is a novel of epic proportions, panoramic in its landscape and a saga covering two years in the life of Lillian Leyb. Leyb is a Russian immigrant, who has fled the pograms. Her parents and husband were murdered, and as far as she knows, her precious, toddler daughter, Sophie, has been murdered also. She [...]
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Posted in General on July 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A hero-at-large, was in the makings, in the brilliantly written novel, Arthur & George, by Julian Barnes. Although a novel of historical fiction, the book is based on a factual legal case, involving George Edalji, (son of a Vicar, a Parsee father, from Bombay), and the famous, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes [...]
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Posted in General, tagged "A Thread of Grace", anti-semitism, Authors, Books, Catholics in Italy WWII, Catholocism, Female Authors, female writers, fiction, Genocide, German Occupation Italy WWII, historical fiction, Historical Literature, Holocaust novels, Italian Jews WWII, Italian partisan novels, Italian Partisans, Italian Resistance Novels, Italian Resistance World War II, Italy during World War II, Italy World War II, Italy WWII novels, Jew Wishes, Jewish Culture, Jewish Life, Jewish Religion, Jewish Resistance, Jewish Society, Jews, Jews in Italy WWII, Jews Italy WWII, Judaism, Literature, Mary Doria Russell, Novels, Novels of World War II Italy, Religion, Religious Belief, Shoah Novels, stories, World War II Italy, World War II novels, Writers on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“A Thread of Grace”, by Mary Doria Russell is an exceptional novel set in Italy during World War II. There aren’t too many novels that take place in the powerful setting of Italy during the final year of the war, that explore the humanity, humbleness, and the willingness of the Italians to help hide both [...]
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There is an upcoming exhibit beginning September 24, 2008, at The Museum of Jewish Heritage, that I am interested in seeing. I will try to make it to NYC in order to see, it, but if not, there will be an online virtual exhibit. The exhibit is entitled Woman of Letters: Irene Nemirovsky.
The exhibit looks [...]
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