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Title: A Faithful Man
Author: Robert Elkin
Narrator: Simon Brooks
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-14-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
What if everything you believe in suddenly turned its back on you? Set in a cattle car on a train bound for a death camp during the Holocaust, A Faithful Man chronicles the journey of Gershon, poet and religious Jew, who knows all too well what awaits him. As the train trudges closer and closer to its destination, Gershons prayers turn into soliloquies against a seemingly indifferent God, while the antagonistic Angel of Death licks his chops and tries to convince the poet that life is but a joke played on the living. Despite his disillusionment, Gershon must fight to keep his faith from dissolving in the face of unspeakable horror.
Members Reviews:
Powerful and unique approach. Read this book!
This book should be part of mainstream Holocaust literature. The author's approach is unique as he considers the musings of a faithful man on a train toward his doom. While it is a short book, it should be read slowly and carefully to fully grasp the references that are so skillfully inserted throughout the text. Through the eyes of one "poet", the reader is challenged to alter thoughts and perceptions. Powerful read.
I liked it.
I picked it because my nephew wrote it and was pleased with his blend of poetry and prose to illustrate the battle for a man's faith as he faced the holocaust. How could he continue to have faith that the Messiah will come? For he may have already come and been selected for special treatment by the Nazis....and yet?
Five Stars
It was a deep and unique view of a dark subject. The poetry was what touched me.
... reading it on a kindle adds a dimension both good and bad
It is a curious read and reading it on a kindle adds a dimension both good and bad. Set to a large font, I would sometimes take in pages in a speed reading like fashion. Sometimes it felt like a was watching a movie. The poetry and "Interludes" along with a running and often rambling narrative make for a not your typical read kind of book. The "Interlude 3- Two Old Women" I found intense and compelling. There is great sadness, depth and occasional quirky humor and insights to this reading.
Huge in scope
Elkin could have written a straight faced account of a jewish man on a train heading to a death camp, but instead we are caught in a roaming free float of thought of faith in the face of no hope and death.
This is no light read but far from a depressing read. I'll keep an eye if this author brings out anything else
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Title: A Faithful Man
Author: Robert Elkin
Narrator: Simon Brooks
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-14-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
What if everything you believe in suddenly turned its back on you? Set in a cattle car on a train bound for a death camp during the Holocaust, A Faithful Man chronicles the journey of Gershon, poet and religious Jew, who knows all too well what awaits him. As the train trudges closer and closer to its destination, Gershons prayers turn into soliloquies against a seemingly indifferent God, while the antagonistic Angel of Death licks his chops and tries to convince the poet that life is but a joke played on the living. Despite his disillusionment, Gershon must fight to keep his faith from dissolving in the face of unspeakable horror.
Members Reviews:
Powerful and unique approach. Read this book!
This book should be part of mainstream Holocaust literature. The author's approach is unique as he considers the musings of a faithful man on a train toward his doom. While it is a short book, it should be read slowly and carefully to fully grasp the references that are so skillfully inserted throughout the text. Through the eyes of one "poet", the reader is challenged to alter thoughts and perceptions. Powerful read.
I liked it.
I picked it because my nephew wrote it and was pleased with his blend of poetry and prose to illustrate the battle for a man's faith as he faced the holocaust. How could he continue to have faith that the Messiah will come? For he may have already come and been selected for special treatment by the Nazis....and yet?
Five Stars
It was a deep and unique view of a dark subject. The poetry was what touched me.
... reading it on a kindle adds a dimension both good and bad
It is a curious read and reading it on a kindle adds a dimension both good and bad. Set to a large font, I would sometimes take in pages in a speed reading like fashion. Sometimes it felt like a was watching a movie. The poetry and "Interludes" along with a running and often rambling narrative make for a not your typical read kind of book. The "Interlude 3- Two Old Women" I found intense and compelling. There is great sadness, depth and occasional quirky humor and insights to this reading.
Huge in scope
Elkin could have written a straight faced account of a jewish man on a train heading to a death camp, but instead we are caught in a roaming free float of thought of faith in the face of no hope and death.
This is no light read but far from a depressing read. I'll keep an eye if this author brings out anything else