So the Tale Rudin told was not his alone; though surely it was his, too. It was Rudin who received the Jewel, in exchange for a life saved in the Warsaw ghetto, and Rudin again who now walked the streets of New York in his long search for the one to whom, in token payment for other lives lost at Auschwitz, he might give the Jewel. And it was Rudin, too, who had gone to Auschwitz, looking for the appearance of truth, for immunity from truth, for atonement in truth.

Rudin lived the Tale, was himself part of it. Perhaps that is why not only the truth, but immunity and atonement as well, escaped him. Still, as Rudin seemed to know, the truth was in the Tale; and, finally, it was told.

Evocative and compelling. In THERE LIES A TALE, Ernest Ellis blends together the worlds of appearance and reality, legend and history, past and present; and creates a memorable world of its own, in which the ultimate dignity and grace of the human spirit stand revealed.

"There Lies a Tale" is a literary parable of Auschwitz... Dwelling on the wishful blindness of times past, Ellis introduces intriguing elements of fantasy and symbolism to compel interest in the familiar story's retelling once again." Stanton Peckham, The Denver Post
"Fascinating...The writing is incisive and the dialog excellent. It reminded me of Camus' "The Fall," and from time to time of Kafka." H Wm. Fitelson