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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Such conflict recently over how to rate the books I read. So...for about 2/3 of this quirky little story, set against the back drop of the pain of WWII, I was finding interest in the lives of the characters. At this point a mystery was finally brought out to the light and I was ready to say the book had moved from moderately good to better...and then the ending. I was devastated by the ending, strangely all of the main characters ended in a way I was unhappy with despite perhaps happiness for the first time for one, maybe two, of them. I was sorry that only a side character was left standing clear for me as a likable person. This is most certainly a deeply observant work, with sharply defined characters and unsparing observations, which took me in emotionally...I just wouldn't say wonderfully. ( ) A young Jewish couple, Hedwig and Berti Kessler, married first cousins, flee Germany during World War II; moving to London, then New York City, then finally settling in Kansas. It is obvious that Hedwig is running from the truth of what happened to her beloved extended Kessler family in Hitler's Germany. That denial of the Holocaust and also the lengths she went to to escape that fate have tragic repercussions in her marriage and in her daughter's life. Realistic but with humorous passages throughout, this is an honest depiction of a couple who escaped the Holocaust but never healed from their losses. I enjoyed this book very much, but I should reveal: it was written by a relation of mine, and one (or possibly two) of the characters are 'inspired' by other, long-gone relations of mine. I therefore came to the story knowing some family history, and could enjoy watching the author play somewhat with the facts. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"My new favorite novel. Characters and storytelling like this belong in the Fiction Hall of Fame, in the wing reserved for wry and sly masterpieces." ---Elinor Lipman, author of "The Inn at Lake Devine" and "The Pursuit of Alice Thrift" "Hedwig and Berti" is a saga of the totally unlikely marriage of a grandly Teutonic woman, Hedwig Kessler and her diminutive cousin Berti, two upperclass German Jews forced to leave their homeland during the rise of the Nazis. They flee to London, then to New York City and from there, finally, to a university town in Kansas. In London, Hedwig gives birth to a daughter whose broodingly dark construction and immense genius for the piano point back in time to the tragedy of her bloodline. This is a story of prejudice taken to extremes, both within the domain of a severely class-conscious German-Jewish family, and beyond it. The characters are subtle, finely honed and told with grace and unexpected humor. Like Penelope Fitzgerald, Frieda Arkin possesses a rare gift for combining love, wit, and dark realism in the reactions and behavior of her characters in the several cultures they are forced to adapt to. "Second acts this good are rare A deliciously vinegary second novel."---"The New York Times Book Review" "Arkin depicts these damaged characters...with unflinching honesty and rueful insight...A bravura encore worth the wait."---"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review) " Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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