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A sensitive story, poignantly told

Revisado: 02-11-22

Joshua Henkin constructed a small screen slowly evolving medical tragedy on the frame of a love relationship surviving almost unscathed to the end. He gets the medical details, sadly, spot on, and the academia and the Upper West Side elements believable and not overplayed. Pru Steiner, the heroine, is a heroine, an Aysheis Chai’el of the old school regardless of her 21st C UMC trappings.
And compliments to the narrator, K Mazur, for her command of the intent and intonation of the passages in Hebrew.
High marks to all involved in Morningside Heights creation and this production.
Wm R Greenfield MD

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What a Fun ‘Read’!

Revisado: 10-13-21

Helene Wecker has woven together impressive knowledge of the early 20th C world with the engaging coming-of-age stories of her protagonists in turn of the century Manhattan and the premodern Near East. And to hear her tale spun out by George Guidell! A delightful sequel to The Golem and the Jinni.

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Annatevka, meet Brigadoon

Revisado: 04-12-21

The reading began a bit too cutesy for my taste, as if Max Gross was channeling his interior Sholom Aleichem. But once he got into the story itself, Gross engrossed me! As well as being an engaging saga of romance and revenge, of coming of age and modernity through an heroic quest, the book brings up an intriguing proposition: How would individuals, and society, deal with a newly discovered isolated population, almost completely oblivious to the contemporary world? Well done.
PS: Mr. Cohen, the Audible performer, did a credible job, thank you. But to my ear, his Polish pronunciation was better than his Yiddish!

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Religious Cultural Literacy 101

Revisado: 02-25-21

Professor Berkson’s treatment of this crucial subject is exemplary. He is thorough, nonjudgmental, and very informative, attacking his topic with, if you will, good faith and good will. High marks and recommendation to the general reader interested in one of the major underpinning factors shaping the 21st C world.

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Being an author According to John Irving

Revisado: 02-24-21

Just like the book within this book, The World According to Garp, may b e known as John Irving’s “biggest book,” but I do not find it his greatest book. Though well written with strong views on gender roles, the feminist movement, and sexuality, the graphic descriptions and super titillating images create an ugly pronouncement on Garp’s world, which has difficulty being redeemed by the kinder, gentler perspectives in the story.

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Wonderfully written, superbly read

Revisado: 02-12-21

Who would think that such a sensitive and compelling novel could be written about an orphanage and an apple orchard, with the lives and fates of a few individuals whose lives intertwine between them? With a deft and delicate hand, John Irving produced a sweetly poignant tale, seasoned with human tragedy, filled with understated authorial artistry. Highest marks. Wm R Greenfield MD

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What a wonderful book, and what a wonderful performance!

Revisado: 12-31-20

My wife’s tastes in literature do not usually correspond to mine, so I was reluctant to accept her suggestion to listen to this. However, if I had been reading it, it would have been a page turner for me. Irving’s character development, style of narration, and interwoven mysteries meshed so well together that I hardly got anything else read while aurally engulfing this tale. And, it was “Talkin’ to my generation “, an added treat for those of us with a 50s childhood and 60s early adulthood.

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A global relating of the global conflict

Revisado: 11-29-20

WW2 was global; A Beevor’s account of it favors it in scope and depth. He dispassionately covers the world from the Japanese invasion of China in the early 30’s to beyond VJ Day. Extremely well documented, extremely well laid out. Highest marks!

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