This collection of poetry, short stories, memoir, family photographs, and contemporary photographs reflects 200 years of Hungarian Jewish history, from the early 19th century until today. Author Lynn Saul searches for the meaning of her ancestors' lives and tries to find her own place in what she discovers. The men are farmers, merchants, gamblers--and one is the billiards champion of Hungary. The women react to their circumstances and strike out on their own. Historical events in this book include the short-lived 1848 Hungarian revolution, the 1882-83 Tiszaeszlar blood libel trial, the...
This collection of poetry, short stories, memoir, family photographs, and contemporary photographs reflects 200 years of Hungarian Jewish history, fro...
"In Our Language" is a collection of poetry by Lynn Saul. Lyric and narrative poems deal with issues of family, living in the Southwest, Jewish heritage and practice, feminist experience, and many other issues of life in the 20th-21st centuries. Saul's poems explore language using a number of languages in addition to English, always focusing on how language derives from and influences our perceptions of experience.
"In Our Language" is a collection of poetry by Lynn Saul. Lyric and narrative poems deal with issues of family, living in the Southwest, Jewish herita...