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Title: King of the Jews
Author: Leslie Epstein
Narrator: Edward Lewis
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-13-06
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 11 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
King of the Jews continues to be an extraordinary vision of occupied Poland, and offers stunning insight through the trappings of history to questions of equal moral complexity today.
Critic Reviews:
"The best book yet to be written on the Holocaust. A superb novel." (San Francisco Chronicle)
"The first novel about the Holocaust that manages to be adequate to its own ambition." (New York Magazine)
"Epstein has done the impossible....He has shown what the power of art - of his art - can reveal of the depths of the unspeakable." (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Members Reviews:
Interesting but pretty typical
You know at the start that this was going to be a depressing story. The central character is mysterious and interesting but in many ways not believable. Having read way too many tales of the Holocaust, I didn't learn anything new here.
Disjointed and Annoying Narration
This is obviously a thinly-veiled narrative of Chaim Rumkowski, his background as director of an orphanage and his position as Elder of the Judenrat in the òdz ghetto. Very odd storyline (ie - Hitler is referred to as Horowitz, which takes some time to decipher & makes no sense). Not easy to follow.
Ironic
I found this story so ironic that it was difficult to identify with the characters. The most important part was about the moral dilemma about the collaboration of the jewish leaders with the Nazis. This highlighted the moral debate about doing questionable things in impossible circumstances. The deadpan approach to cruelty was also very thought provoking. Difficult to warm to but important to reflect on...
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Title: King of the Jews
Author: Leslie Epstein
Narrator: Edward Lewis
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-13-06
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 11 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
King of the Jews continues to be an extraordinary vision of occupied Poland, and offers stunning insight through the trappings of history to questions of equal moral complexity today.
Critic Reviews:
"The best book yet to be written on the Holocaust. A superb novel." (San Francisco Chronicle)
"The first novel about the Holocaust that manages to be adequate to its own ambition." (New York Magazine)
"Epstein has done the impossible....He has shown what the power of art - of his art - can reveal of the depths of the unspeakable." (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Members Reviews:
Interesting but pretty typical
You know at the start that this was going to be a depressing story. The central character is mysterious and interesting but in many ways not believable. Having read way too many tales of the Holocaust, I didn't learn anything new here.
Disjointed and Annoying Narration
This is obviously a thinly-veiled narrative of Chaim Rumkowski, his background as director of an orphanage and his position as Elder of the Judenrat in the òdz ghetto. Very odd storyline (ie - Hitler is referred to as Horowitz, which takes some time to decipher & makes no sense). Not easy to follow.
Ironic
I found this story so ironic that it was difficult to identify with the characters. The most important part was about the moral dilemma about the collaboration of the jewish leaders with the Nazis. This highlighted the moral debate about doing questionable things in impossible circumstances. The deadpan approach to cruelty was also very thought provoking. Difficult to warm to but important to reflect on...