Twelve thought-provoking stories in ‘The Archivists’ by an award-winning author. Exploring life-altering events, from crumbling connections to a pandemic
I enjoyed this book much more than I thought I would. However, I could not shake the feeling that the author was writing for the screen, and not for a book
Joseph Roth -an Austrian novelist and journalist. Known for Radetzky March, a family saga about fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, & his works on Jewish life
The Ghetto Within by Santiago H. Amigorena also deals with issues of identity, as many immigrants do. Are they Argentina? Polish? Polish-Argentinian? Jewish?
The brothers were moved between several work camps, including Auschwitz managing to survive due to their ability to fix watches and a good amount of chutzpah
While the subject is, indeed, very serious, there’s also playfulness within the narrative. I have no idea how Mr. Uris managed to do that
Vera Atkins was brilliant & effective. She fought in the SOE, answering to Churchill at great peril. Fleming based Ms. Moneypenny on her
An Israeli novel about a woman who finds letters her late father left her from her birth, to his death, discovering a family saga from previous generations
The book tells of Janny and Lien Brilleslijper, two sisters in the Dutch Resistance and were captured. Ms. Van Iperen is a lawyer and publicist.
I was drawn to this book’s themes. Immigration, human rights, and racism sadly seem all to be forefront and center in our collective reality.
