House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family

ISBN-13: 9780008322663 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 464 str.

Hadley Freeman

Opis

'An utterly engrossing book' Nigella Lawson

'Remarkable and gripping' Edmund de Waal

'A near-perfect study of Jewish identity in the 20th century ... I don't hesitate to call it a masterpiece' Telegraph

Recenzje

'This is a startlingly original book, remarkable and gripping' Edmund de Waal

'A magnificently vivid re-creation of her Jewish family's experience of twentieth-century Europe, Hadley Freeman's book is also an acute examination of the roots, tropes, and persistence of anti-Semitism, which makes it an urgently necessary book for us to read right now' Salman Rushdie

'This is an utterly engrossing book: one that manages to be an intimate family history and a meticulously researched account of a shocking period of world history at the same time. It may be an overused term of approbation, but it truly is unputdownable' Nigella Lawson

'House of Glass is extraordinary. It reads like a mystery and a memoir and a gripping history of the last century ... Freeman doesn't hide from the grey spaces people inhabit during wartime, or shy away from drawing the terrifying parallels to today's iterations of those ancient hatreds. It is a brave and wonderful book' Nathan Englander

'This deeply moving book is so beautifully written - like hearing a fascinating conversation about the past, then being warmly welcomed into the very heart of it. This is a stunning memoir, and a thrilling detective story. I completely lost myself in its many worlds' Marina Hyde

'It glitters like a diamond - revealing not only the extraordinary story of the Glass family, but the many facets of twentieth-century Jewish experience. Written with lightness and warmth, this book is both timely and timeless' Helen Lewis

O autorze

Hadley Freeman is the author of Be Awesome and House of Glass and has been a columnist and staff writer for The Guardian since 2000, where she writes the popular 'Ask Hadley' fashion column. She also contributes to US Vogue. She lives in New York and London.