The Lion Seeker
Kenneth Bonert,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Kenneth Bonert,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780547898049 (0547898045)
ASIN: 9780547898049
Publish date: 15-10-2013
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages no: 576
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Jewish,
World War II,
Canada,
Holocaust,
Fiction,
Historical
This is an engaging historical novel, and given the quality of writing and characterization I can see Bonert going on to write excellent literary novels in the future. This one falls short of its ambitious goals, but it’s still worth a read.The Lion Seeker follows a young man named Isaac, a Jewish r...
I could not warm up to this book, despite Kenneth Bonert's obvious writing ability. I don't necessarily need to like the characters in order to enjoy a novel, but I do need to find them interesting enough that I care about what happens to them as the story progresses. That didn't happen for me with ...