Simone Zelitch Libros

Focusing on the perspective of a peasant during the Peasant Revolt, the narrative explores themes of equality and social justice through the eyes of an intelligent and vulnerable protagonist. It draws parallels between historical moments of uprising and betrayal, allowing readers to reflect on the enduring struggle for equality across time and cultures. The book is praised for its authentic representation of the peasant experience, providing a poignant and insightful examination of political and mystical intersections throughout history.

Set against a backdrop of rich myth and history, the narrative reimagines the Exodus and Numbers through a vibrant lens. The diverse cast of Hebrews includes outlaws, magicians, and idolators, who are surprisingly complacent in their slavery. Moses faces the daunting task of leading them into the Sinai, grappling with his own doubts about God. The story unfolds in a fantastical world where extraordinary events, such as talking fish and miraculous prophecies, challenge the boundaries of human emotion and belief.

It is 1988. Judit Klemmer is a filmmaker who is assembling a fortieth-anniversary official documentary about the birth of Judenstaat, the Jewish homeland surrendered by defeated Germany in 1948. Her work is complicated by Cold War tensions between the competing U.S. and Soviet empires and by internal conflicts among the "black-hat" Orthodox Jews, the far more worldly Bundists, and reactionary Saxon nationalists who are still bent on destroying the new Jewish state. But Judit's work has far more personal complications. A widow, she has yet to deal with her own heart's terrible loss--the very public assassination of her husband, Hans Klemmer, shot dead while conducting a concert. Then a shadowy figure slips her a note with new and potentially dangerous information about her famous husband's murder.

Following the Holocaust, Nora and her German daughter-in-law, Louisa, enter an Israeli absorption camp for immigrants to await an uncertain future. Stranded in a new land, both women are forced to face the past and the responsibility each bears for what they have lost.