Ich bin verboten: Roman (German Edition)
Format: kindle
ISBN:
9783641091552
Publish date: September 2nd 2013
Publisher: Albrecht Knaus Verlag
Pages no: 289
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Jewish,
Religion,
France,
World War II,
Holocaust,
Judaism,
Judaica
The novel begins in Transylvania, as we are introduced to Zalman Stern, a rigidly religious, Satmar Hasidic Jew. He is a follower of this sect which bridges no compromises in the practice of religion. He is well known as a devout scholar. The book then continues on to tell the story of Josef Lichten...
This book definitely struck a nerve. The author takes us into the world of the Ultra Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, and gives us a glimpse of family life through the eyes of two girls raised as sisters.I appreciated the fact that Markovits shows us both the good, as well as the bad side of the ...
This is a disturbing book. Once I started listening to the audiobook, excellently narrated by Rosalyn Landor, I could do nothing else but listen to more and more ......and more still, until I reached the end! If I am to set the star rating by how urgent it was to read the book once I started, it wou...
I am mystified by meandering rivers. I've never seen one in person, but I've seen photos and these have grabbed my attention. Part of what makes these rivers so beautiful are their wide arcs back and forth. If you were on any point of one of these rivers, you'd see things differently. You might, at ...
review pending, I got to mull over it a bit
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