This article examines two books about the Holocaust, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne from Ireland and Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli from America, and argues that they contain both overt and covert ideological positions, some of which are strongly influenced by the history or culture ...
Anderson's books form a compelling trilogy of slavery in the North. During the American Revolution a 13-year-old slave belonging to a ruthless Loyalist family, Isabel, yearns for freedom. She meets Curzon who encourages her to spy for the Rebels. The second book,Forge, is told from Curzon'...
I love literary fiction. Some of my favorite novels areThe Grapes of Wrath,The Catcher in the Rye, andTo Kill a Mockingbird(aff links), all of which would be classified as literary fiction. These are the kind of books that people study and analyze. They’re taught in schools. People re...
alongside those by lesser known British writers such as Frederic Raphael, Jonathan Wilson, Howard Jacobson and Clive Sinclair, certain common preoccupations emerge: Gentiles who mistake themselves for Jews; Jewish hostility towards nature; writing (and not writing) about the Holocaust; and the relation...
“Look at how many books have already been written about the Holocaust,” Artie’s therapist, Dr. Pavel, notes. “What’s the point? People haven’t changed. . . . Maybe they need a newer, bigger Holocaust.” For the very last frame of “Maus II,” Spiegelman has drawn his parents...
ByDICK RORABACK July 17, 199412 AM PT Share Newsletter Sign up for our Book Club newsletter
For example, books including Travelers and The War against the Uygurs falsely allege that Xinjiang adopts a “predatory and enslaved” economic development model. This is not the fact at all. First, Xinjiang adheres to the new development philosophy and speeds up high-quality economic development....
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Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust by Loic Dauvillier An inspirational introduction to the topic of the Holocaust for children. A grandmother gently shares her story with her granddaughter of her early life during the Holocaust, including being separated from the other students at school,...
As a bookish preteen, I had two great reading obsessions: political diaries (kicked off when I discovered The Siren Years by Charles Ritchie at my school library) and memoirs or biographies about adventurous life in the Canadian West. I still have many of these books on my shelves today –...