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The recent atrocities in Gaza show that Israel continues to commit war crimes against its nearest neighbours while the world stands by and lets it happen. The ghosts of Sabra and Chatila still haunt this shattered land.
Of Winter’s Cost is the latest novel by writer and academic Geoff Akers, whose previous work, a fictionalised account of the life of First World War poet Isaac Rosenberg was published by the author himself, to critical acclaim.
For his newest book, a novel, Of Winter’s Cost, a mainstream publisher is sought.
In the novel, Sam recounts the death of his grandfather, Leo, and the effect this has had on his life. He recalls the old man’s stories from the Shoah, and refers to his troubled life in modern Israel. This sets the scene for the story, which alternates between the Warsaw ghetto during the Second World War and the disputed West Bank territories from the 1980s to the present day.
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Beating for Light is author Geoff Akers’ fictionalised account of the tragically short life of the First World War poet Isaac Rosenberg. If you would like to learn more about this book, click here.
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Of Winter’s Cost is a very powerful book skilfully drawing on the experience of a Jewish family, first in the Warsaw Ghetto and then on the West Bank. The way in which the novel draws the contrasts and parallels between the Jews as oppressed and the Jew as oppressor will strike many chords in the reader.
I also see in it the best of the Judaic tradition of justice which has inspired so many of the strongest advocates of human rights.
But, apart from the message which comes across so strongly, it is such a human book which will greatly move readers to an understanding of the human condition.
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