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By\u00a0Ludovic Bruckstein<\/a>. Transalted by Alistair Ian Blyth<\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-1-912545-223<\/strong><\/p>\n

Erased from the national literature when he moved to Israel, Romanian writer Ludovic Bruckstien\u2019s work has remained undiscovered for many years. His writing is centered on the multicultural Carpathian region during the years proceeding, and including, World War II<\/p>\n

The stories in this collection are stories of the lives and struggles of a wonderful variety of characters living in the Maramures region, in the years leading up to a war that will suddenly and irretrievably destroy the pattern of their existence. The eerily shocking ending of many of these stories is the moment their protagonists climb on the cattle trains to be transported to Auschwitz; while leaving the tale of their often tragic fate unstated.<\/p>\n

Bruckstein\u2019s works, novels, stories and plays, deal with the sometimes cruel, sometimes comic, lives of simple people whose fate is controlled by highly unpredictable forces. These he describes with understanding, compassion and forgiveness; smiling at the petty worries and trivialities that people take so seriously, while often remaining unaware of very real and existential dangers. He belongs to a generation so well described by the writer Czeslaw Milosz, in his book,\u00a0The Captive Mind<\/em>: \u201cFew inhabitants of the Baltic States, Poland or Czechoslovakia, of Hungary or Romania, could summarize in a few words the story of their existence. Their lives have been complicated by the course of historic events\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Shining Examples of Yiddish Storytelling<\/strong><\/p>\n

“His evocations of Jewish life in the Carpathians. . . are comparable to those of I L Peretz and Sholem Aleichem in Poland and Russia. Like them, Bruckstein is a secular\u00a0<\/em>Maggid, a product of the Chasidic storytelling tradition, his cast of blacksmiths, porters, cabinet-makers, businessmen and\u00a0<\/em>schnorrers, remnants of a world on the brink of annihilation.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Mark Glanville, The Jewish Chronicle\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Gentle, humourous, humane, and with such pain and sadness, yet never ponderous. The stories of the lives of people like my grandparents are so wonderful to read. A world sent asunder by the war and the killings. The na\u00efvet\u00e9 of the people, the shock. . .\u00a0The translation is also utterly beautiful. Blyth must be praised. “<\/em><\/p>\n

Lisa Forrell<\/strong>,\u00a0Theatre and film director, actor and writer<\/p>\n

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“Bruckstein, who himself was sent to Auschwitz and beared the horrors of life in a labour camp, writes with nuance and understanding about the plight of individuals against the sweeping \u2013 and often unfathomably cruel \u2013 arm of history. A prolific writer of plays, stories and novels \u2013 with only a handful translated into English \u2013\u00a0<\/em>With an Unopened Umbrella\u00a0is a welcome addition to Bruckstein\u2019s increasingly grand posthumous legacy.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The Clavert Journal<\/a><\/p>\n

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“If Wiesel was an educator of souls and minds, Bruckstein would be a keeper of stories, dreams and pains\u2026 endowed with a metaphysics of vernacular, quotidian, yet timeless experience.\u201d<\/em>
\nby Mika Provata-Carlone,\u00a0Bookanista<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Set in Sighet, With an Unopened Umbrella in the Pouring Rain is a beautiful yet heart-breaking collection of stories, in which Bruckstein captures the essence of community, family and togetherness that Sighet once displayed, but that was utterly shattered by the Holocaust. However, while the war and the Holocaust loom over the entire collection, they are never explicitly described. Instead Bruckstein tells beautiful tales of Sighet\u2019s humble families; he tells us about their relationships, their work and their daily lives<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Alice Banks,\u00a0Riveting Review<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By\u00a0Ludovic Bruckstein. Transalted by Alistair Ian Blyth ISBN: 978-1-912545-223 Erased from the national literature when he moved to Israel, Romanian writer Ludovic Bruckstien\u2019s work has remained undiscovered for many years. His writing is centered on the multicultural Carpathian region during the years proceeding, and including, World War II The stories in this collection are stories …<\/p>\n

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