tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post3244910880488702657..comments2023-11-12T14:12:54.120+00:00Comments on the rain in my purse: What I Read on My Summer VacationSarahJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-90994938001079542662007-08-02T16:10:00.000+00:002007-08-02T16:10:00.000+00:00It was a terrific read.May I say very "big western...It was a terrific read.<BR/>May I say very "big western novel?"<BR/>Landscapes, characters, motivations, conflicts, war. <BR/><BR/>Nemirovsky's daughter Elizabeth also wrote a book I'm interested in reading - an imagined biography of her mother.<BR/>Thanks for the tip on Karmel. I'll look her up, and the poetry collection.<BR/><BR/>cheersSarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-56136135260376562222007-08-02T02:22:00.000+00:002007-08-02T02:22:00.000+00:00I too recently read "Suite Francaise" and found it...I too recently read "Suite Francaise" and found it deeply moving and yet another example of the talents lost to the Holocaust.<BR/>Within the sub-genre of Holocaust fiction by women my favorite, for thirty years, remains the sadly out-of-print masterpiece "An Estate Of Memory" by Ilona karmel. I cannot understand how this exquisite tale of the affirmation of life under the most hideous circumstances has not become better known. Karmel and her sister Henia also have written "A Wall of Two", due in the fall but which I was given a reviewer's pre-pub copy of. It is a very beautiful collection of poems of resistance in Poland and in the camps, translated from the Polish and adapted by the marvellous Boston poet Fanny Howe. To anyone who cares about poetry and about this unspeakable chapter of history I would recommend it highly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-20569631036484643502007-07-30T18:31:00.000+00:002007-07-30T18:31:00.000+00:00glad to pass the word on that one. and i've been t...glad to pass the word on that one. <BR/>and i've been thinking all day I like "Stone Animals" more than "The Scheme of Things." Both terrific stories.SarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-40749987968622622672007-07-30T00:28:00.000+00:002007-07-30T00:28:00.000+00:00Thanks for posting the Bohemians link. I never rea...Thanks for posting the Bohemians link. I never read it before, and it's wonderful!Valerie Lovelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309299429765944601noreply@blogger.com