When I first started reading Gabriele Tergit’s Käsebier Takes Berlin (translated by Sophie Duvernoy), I […]
Displaced Persons, by Ghita Schwarz
I remember learning about the Holocaust in American history classes when I was a high […]
The Volunteer, by Salvatore Scibona
Names play a big role in The Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona. They represent identity, heritage, […]
The Fox and Dr. Shimamura, by Christine Wunnicke
It’s a remarkable coincidence that I finished reading The Spirit Catches You and You Fall […]
Reckonings, by Mary Fulbrook
In Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice, Mary Fulbrook concentrates on the […]
An Untouched House, by Willem Frederik Hermans
When we read about history in non-fiction, especially in textbooks, we tend to read about […]
Deviation, by Luce d’Eramo
As I read Luce d’Eramo’s Deviation (translated by Anne Milano Appel), I had the image of […]
All for Nothing, by Walter Kempowski
There are two paired questions I hear all the time from students studying World War […]
Safe Houses, by Dan Fesperman
Helen Abell heard something she wasn’t supposed to hear at the beginning of Dan Fesperman’s Safe […]
Eight Stories, by Erich Maria Remarque
With some writers, it’s hard to separate the biography from the work. In Eight Stories: Tales […]