Once again, I found myself reading a Holocaust memoir in which a surviving parent did not want to reveal too much information, if any, about their Holocaust experience to their child/children. The Pages In Between: A Holocaust Legacy of Two Families, One Home, by Erin Einhorn, is a novel written by a daughter whose mother, [...]
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Posted in Book Reviews, General, Literature/Fiction, tagged A.S. Byatt, Books, fiction, Litrature, Novels, Possession, Writers on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I read Possession, by A.S. Byatt when it first came out a few years back, on an airplane on my way to England.
The passion between the lines, in this wonderfully conceived and crafted book of both prose and poetry, had me totally possessed and engrossed in the multiple and simultaneous stories.
I like the [...]
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The Novel, Plum Wine, turned out to be less than what I had expected. I found the story line to be slow going, and thought the characters lacked depth. It took all I could to get through the book, without putting it down and not continuing on.
Angela Davis-Gardner’s book, filled with love and [...]
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Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, General, Literature/Fiction, tagged anti-semitism, Authors, Books, Female Authors, fiction, Genocide, Geraldine Brooks, Haggadahs, historical fiction, Jew, Jewish, Jewish Culture, Jewish Historical Books, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Life, Jews, Judaism, Novels, novels The Inquisition, Passover Haggadahs, People of the Book, Pesach Haggadahs, Religion, Religious Books, Sarajevo Haggadah, Sarajevo history, Sarajevo siege, Writers on December 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
People of the Book by Pulitzer Prize author Geraldine Brooks is an incredible novel. Although it is fiction, the content is filled with historical information and fact. People of the Book is based on the Jewish Religious book the Sarajevo Haggadah, and its survival through the centuries.
The Sarajevo Haggadah is a factual manuscript/volume, [...]
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“Accidents of fate are rarely fatal accidents, but once in a while they are.”
In The Image is one of those books that evolves through the characters’ coming of age, journeying towards peace and acceptance, and sojourning towards spiritual identity. One young girl (Leora)l learns to accept the death of her best friend, through [...]
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I finished reading the book Giving, by Bill Clinton, a while back. I thought this would be a good book to recommend to those who might want some suggestions how to be productive in the area of “giving“.
Givingtakes on many forms, from monetary to volunteering, and Clinton’s book, shows us avenues through [...]
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, by John Boyne, is a novel written from a unique perspective, that of a young German boy named Bruno. He is the son of a Nazi Officer.
Bruno befriends a Jewish boy named Shmuel who is in a concentration camp. Their friendship begins through a fence that borders [...]
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Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, General, Non-Fiction, tagged Authors, Books, Cassini WWII, Genocide, historical books, historical WWII documentation, History, history of WWII, Holocaust/Genocide, Italian Campaign, Italian Campaign books, Italian Campaign history, Italian Campaign of WWII, Italian fascists, Italian History, Italian Jews, Italian Partisans, Italian society, Italians and WWII, Italy history, Italy World War II, Italy WWII, James Holland, Jew Wishes, Jewish Italians, Naples WWII, Salerno WWII, Sicily WWII, War, war commentary, World War II Italy, Writers, WWII commentary, WWII historical book, WWII History, WWII Italian Campaign, WWII Italy, WWII Naples, WWII Salerno, WWII Sicily, WWII war-torn Italy on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not much is known about how Italy was thrust in the middle of World War II, with the fascist regime. Not much is known about the allied forces who were involved in the war in the liberation of Italy. Italy’s Sorrow: A Year of War, 1944-1945, by James Holland is a book that [...]
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Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, General, Literature/Fiction, tagged Authors, Biblical Characters, Biblical history, Biblical men and women, Biblical messages, Biblical portraits, Biblical reference, Biblical stories, Bilbical studies, Books, Elie Wiesel, fables, Hasidic masters, Hasidism, History, Holocaust/Genocide, Jew, Jewish, Jewish Authors, Jewish Culture, Jewish history, Jewish Life, Jewish Religion, Jewish sages, Jewish scholars, Jewish Studies, Jewish Tradition, Jewish Writers, Jews, Judaism, Literature, Male Authors, male writers, Religion, stories, Wise Men and Their Tales, Writers on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Biblical figures abound in Elie Wiesel’s Wise Men and Their Tales: Portraits of Biblical, Talmudic, and Hasidic Masters. His masterful mode of story telling is no less compelling than similar-themed books written by him.
In the book Somewhere a Master: Hasidic Portraits and Legends, Wiesel focuses on how “The sages, legendary teachers, saw the [...]
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Italy’s Sorrow, by James Holland
Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, General, Non-Fiction, tagged Authors, Books, Cassini WWII, Genocide, historical books, historical WWII documentation, History, history of WWII, Holocaust/Genocide, Italian Campaign, Italian Campaign books, Italian Campaign history, Italian Campaign of WWII, Italian fascists, Italian History, Italian Jews, Italian Partisans, Italian society, Italians and WWII, Italy history, Italy World War II, Italy WWII, James Holland, Jew Wishes, Jewish Italians, Naples WWII, Salerno WWII, Sicily WWII, War, war commentary, World War II Italy, Writers, WWII commentary, WWII historical book, WWII History, WWII Italian Campaign, WWII Italy, WWII Naples, WWII Salerno, WWII Sicily, WWII war-torn Italy on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not much is known about how Italy was thrust in the middle of World War II, with the fascist regime. Not much is known about the allied forces who were involved in the war in the liberation of Italy. Italy’s Sorrow: A Year of War, 1944-1945, by James Holland is a book that [...]
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