A Blessing on the Moon
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (574 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1616200189 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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But if he's dead, why isn't he in the World to Come and why can some Poles and one German soldier see and hear him? In his first novel, Joseph Skibell has created a fantasia both hideous and beautiful, a combination of mysticism, nightmare, and even humor. They are disputatious even in death--their debates threatening to overwhelm what holds them together. The Rebbe has been transformed into a crow while Chaim's body seeps with blood and half of his face is missing. Though the phrase tour de force has been much abused, A Blessing on the Moon is exactly that: a daring fiction that shouldn't succeed on any level yet works on many. Chaim Skibelski rises from a pit of slaughter, leaving h
"Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. Great!. Christina E. Bublick said Captivating. Of the many Holocaust related books I have read, this is truly one of the most unique. Skibell requires that we use our imagination to enter a world beyond our earthly reach. Put yourself in my soul, imagine with me. Die needlessly, lose all your loved ones due to hate and prejudice and watch others greedily take over all you had. Scream silently. What would we do?Skibell uses warm humor to depict the ugiliness and ignorance. We imagine, pain, yearn, cry out with him. How. A great book and a gripping page-turner After his murder by the Nazis, Chaim Skibelski finds himself giddy and ecstatic, despite lying dead in a pit with all of his neighbours. He begins a fantastic quest, searching to be reunited with his family and community, and to find the peace of the World To Come. But in the meantime, he wanders "the earth like an audience at intermission waiting for the concert to resume , unaware that the musicians have long since departed for home ?". In this imaginative work, Joesph
Not since art Spiegelman’s Maus has a work so powerfully evoked one of the darkest moments of the twentieth century with such daring originality.. Joseph Skibell’s magical tale about the Holocausta fable inspired by factreceived unanimous nationwide acclaim when first published in 1997. In the opening pages, he is shot along with the other Jews of his small Polish village. But instead of resting peacefully in the World to Come, Chaim, for reasons unclear to him, is left to wander the earth, accompanied by his rabbi, who has taken the form of a talking crow. At the center of A Blessing on the Moon is Chaim Skibelski. Death is merely the beginning of Chaim’s troubles. Chaim’s afterlife journey is filled with extraordinary encounters whose consequences are far greater than he realizes