Gunder-Goshen novel rouses latent ‘periphery complex’
Waking Lions centres around Dr. Eitan Green, a talented, young neurosurgeon, who like many in Israel, still thinks of himself as living on the outside.
Book is a unique experience but not fit for all readers
Moonglow by Michael Chabon is what the author rightly calls a “faux memoir” that takes impossible liberties with the genre.
Beautiful and strange: Dylan’s verses
The biggest, maybe the strangest book of poetry on offer this season is Bob Dylan: The Lyrics 1961-2012.
À la mémoire de Jorge Semprún
L’universitaire espagnole Soledad Fox Maura vient de consacrer une biographie remarquable à l’écrivain espagnol Jorge Semprún
Orphan’s Tale strikes a horrific chord
The Orphan’s Tale is a richly developed story of an improbable friendship between two women – Noa, a teenager when we meet her, and Astrid, twice Noa’s age – that is tested to ultimate limits by the hellish insanity in Germany and occupied France during World War II.
Novel recounts the survival of a family against all odds
Georgia Hunter’s debut novel is based on true events.
Cary Fagan provides the story behind lost pictures
Stories in Cary Fagan’s Old World and Other Stories have an engaging dramatic element to them and most also have a surprise ending.
How the Bible changed the course of ethical thought
New book by Jeremiah (Jerry) Unterman of Jerusalem tackles the question on whether the Bible represented a revolutionary change from what was common in the ancient Near East or whether it was it just a minor variation on the theme.
L’extraordinaire saga sépharade de Michèle Sarde
La romancière française Michèle Sarde nous livre ses réflexions sur le Séphardisme
Golden age of Yiddish media reveals Jewish trends
An unusual and useful portrait of Canadian Jewish life in the 1950s is offered in Michael Mandel’s The Jewish Hour: The Golden Age of a Toronto Radio Show and Newspaper.
