A Year in Rumpus Book Reviews
A look back at the books we’ve reviewed in 2019!
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...moreHow do you go on when the losses seem unbearable?
...moreFirst, in the Saturday Essay, Sandie Friedman uses classic works of Holocaust literature to put her everyday stresses into perspective. Friedman’s early studies of feminism and time abroad in Dresden get her thinking about identity politics, particularly her own Jewish identity. A realization of this “inheritance” leads her to the Holocaust narratives, which “immersed me in a world that […]
...morePerhaps the city looked more poignantly lovely because I was conscious of its tragic history.
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