2014 Book Challenge: Margot by Jillian Cantor

Margot by Jillian Cantor
Riverhead, 2013
338 pages

What if Margot Frank, Anne Frank's older sister, had survived the camps?

Examining the post-Holocaust Jewish experience, set in about the same year as Between Friends by Amos Oz, by imagining the life of Margot Frank if she had survived Bergen-Belsen. Margo Frank has recreated her life as Margie Franklin, working as a legal secretary in Philadelphia.

2014 Book Challenge: Between Friends by Amos Oz

Between Friends by Amos Oz
Houghton-Mifflin, 2013
212 p.

A collection of eight inter-related stories about kibbutz life in the late 1950s - and more. The lives of the characters reflect the flaws and inevitable failings of the kibbutz. So beautifully written. I am in awe of writers who can convey so much with such an economy of words. It makes me want to read more by Amos Oz but I am intimidated by his intellect. But, I will try. Also makes me want to learn more about the kibbutz movement and how it evolved and changed.

I stayed at Kibbutz Lavi in Northern Israel a year ago. Quite an elegant place, very beautiful.

Jewish Literature Challenge

I've joined Maggie's Jewish Literature Challenge. I'm going to start with Philip Roth and hopefully finally finish As A Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg.

Other books in this series can be found here.