Books with Jewish flavour set for release
AMONG this year's new releases are books by Jonathan Kellerman, Saul Friedlander, Shira Nayman and Natasha Solomons.
HERE are some of the books by Jewish authors or with a Jewish flavour being released during 2010.
* Saul Friedlander, who won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, will release an abridged edition of his definitive two-volume history of the Holocaust: The Years of Persecution and The Years of Extermination. The new edition, Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1945, is being released this month by Orion.
* Shira Nayman, who grew up in Melbourne, will release her novel The Listener in February. Published by Simon & Schuster, the novel is set against the backdrop of war and explores the havoc historical trauma plays with the pysche.
* With 12 stories of enduring love, Melbourne writer Suzy Zail’s book Smitten will be released in February to coincide with Valentine’s Day. Published by Five Mile Press, it includes the love story of Holocaust survivors Abe and Cesia Goldberg.
* Must You Go? My Life with Harold Pinter by Antonia Fraser is based partly on her diaries, which she has kept since October 1968. It is a memoir chronicling her relationship with the acclaimed Jewish playwright from August 1975 until his death 33 years later in 2008. It is being released by Orion this month.
* Natasha Solomons’ novel Mr Rosenblum’s List explores a Jewish man’s struggle to fit in and find a place he can call home. The novel, which will be published by Hodder & Stoughton in March, was inspired by the author’s grandparents, who were evacuated from Berlin before the war.
* Melbourne-born 26-year-old Raphael Brous’ debut novel The Voices In The Park is a darkly humorous story of love, madness, media hysteria and a riot in London.
* Renowned suspense novelist Jonathan Kellerman will release Deception in March this year. Following in his footsteps, his son, Jesse, will release his novel The Executor in April.
* Mark Dapin’s second novel Spirit House will be released by Pan Macmillan in September. It tells the story of a Jewish former POW of the Japanese who builds a Thai-style spirit house in the front yard of his Bondi home.
* Bird by acclaimed photographer Andrew Zuckerman will feature more than 70 beautiful avian images. The book, published by Hachette Australia, will be released in December.