The Final Opus of Leon Solomon
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Alone in an hotel room, a man is preparing to commit suicide. He is Leon Solomon, survivor of the concentration camps, archivist and historian in Jewish history, recently banned from his life's work... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:067170303X
ISBN13:9780671703035
Release Date:January 1990
Publisher:Fireside
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.78 lbs.
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Final opus of a great writer.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Jerome Badanes died quite suddenly in 1995. As a former student of his, I can say this: He was every bit as memorable and remarkable as Final Opus, in fact more so. I miss him a lot. As a reader, though, I can take some small consolation in the fact that he left us with such a painful, vivid and ultimately, fulfilling novel.
will not soon forget this story
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Heartbreakingly sad, superbly written (who is this Jerome Badanes??) - yet another testimonial to the inability to live with one's own survival. Anyone who is fascinated by human behavior under extraordinary circumstances must read this one!
Spellbinding. Narrator's voice is compelling.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Remembering many failures and not absent familial and connubial joys the narrator leads the reader through a maze of memory and loss. Working over his obcessions on the way to his own final solution the author has spiced this work with observations of the human condition that are arresting in their impact. This work is so engrossing that I started over again every order to take in the nuances which I might have missed. Hypnotic. Email me if you have enjoyed this book.Though it is out of print it can be obtained from Used Book sources. Holocaust Readers: the mosaic of the story of the Holocaust is yet again called up and enriched by this amazing work.
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