tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post4604729877558387789..comments2023-07-31T11:01:56.340+01:00Comments on Parrish Lantern's PomesAllSizes: The Summer My Father Died ~ Yudit Kiss.@parridhlanternhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-84161334210357101732012-10-19T12:15:11.158+01:002012-10-19T12:15:11.158+01:00Hi Stu & thanks, I thought they fitted well.Hi Stu & thanks, I thought they fitted well.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-33831055234062101952012-10-19T05:52:29.655+01:002012-10-19T05:52:29.655+01:00Thanks Tom, I thought yours had more detail, wher...Thanks Tom, I thought yours had more detail, whereas my was setting. Did you check out the link in the comments to the other post.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-34811062313880948472012-10-18T08:11:14.552+01:002012-10-18T08:11:14.552+01:00I really don't think my review is more "i...I really don't think my review is more "in-depth". You've done a great job here and have got right to the essence of the book.Thanks for the link back Tom Cunliffehttp://www.acommonreader.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-34732412593339061722012-10-16T18:33:09.985+01:002012-10-16T18:33:09.985+01:00seems like a very touching book Gary and also I li...seems like a very touching book Gary and also I like your choice of pics to go with the review ,all the best stustujallenhttp://winstonsdad.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-59140484185935629232012-10-15T20:52:40.926+01:002012-10-15T20:52:40.926+01:00Here is a fantastic post on this book, written by ...Here is a fantastic post on this book, written by Eva S. Balogh, from the Hungarian Spectrum, please check it out for a great perspective on this book<br />https://hungarianspectrum.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/the-summer-my-father-died-by-yudit-kiss-a-book-review/@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-6351741589514387242012-10-14T19:30:43.455+01:002012-10-14T19:30:43.455+01:00Hello Mark, It's not normally the sort of book... Hello Mark, It's not normally the sort of book I gravitate towards, but I thoroughly enjoyed it, in fact surprised myself with my delight in it & the references in the author's note are almost worth the entrance fee by themselves.<br /><br />Hi Mel,I think that by totally negating his past & supplanting his faith/heritage/ancestry etc with the totality of his communist beliefs was his way of coping with those horrors, by removing himself from any links with the victims, he wouldn't see himself as one. It's a great thought provoking read.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-6620720775080819252012-10-14T05:36:07.623+01:002012-10-14T05:36:07.623+01:00This sounds like a very interesting book. Maybe ...This sounds like a very interesting book. Maybe it shows us the need for absolutes brought on by horrorsMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-85305104496189693432012-10-13T23:42:22.866+01:002012-10-13T23:42:22.866+01:00You've really sold me on this one - it wasn...You've really sold me on this one - it wasn't one I was planning on taking much of a look at to be honest, but you've opened my eyes to something that could be right up my street, thanks!markbookshttp://eleutherophobia.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-33964921035332794152012-10-13T21:48:11.669+01:002012-10-13T21:48:11.669+01:00Hi Lisa,I was just finishing this when I saw Tom&#...Hi Lisa,I was just finishing this when I saw Tom's review,which I've added to the bottom of mine. Would apologise for disrupting your book, but if your anything like me, it would have happened sooner or later :-}<br /><br />Ciao Bellezza,can understand that pain, but as you say without the knowledge of it, we cannot take measures to try to stop future ones.<br /><br />Hi Violet, would be tempted to say, this would be one for you with its memoir angle & its setting, but I think I've suggested before & been wrong, so will state that it is a great read & has a wonderful resource in its author notes. Not aware of having read any Lily Brett, so thanks for the introduction I'll search her out.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-6890326478046221012012-10-13T02:04:46.023+01:002012-10-13T02:04:46.023+01:00I like the sound of this book, and the fact that t...I like the sound of this book, and the fact that the translation is good has sold me. It's all rather interesting to me, the dichotomies inherent in people's lives, and doubly so within the context of World War II in Europe and its aftermath. Have you read anything by Lily Brett? She's an Australian poet and writer whose parents were Holocaust survivors. She lives in NYC and has written some interesting fiction and essays about her life, which is very much an extension of her parents' lives. Anyway, thanks for the review and making me aware of this book. I'm off to track it down. :) Violethttp://still-life-with-books.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-62471846131107005702012-10-13T00:35:15.360+01:002012-10-13T00:35:15.360+01:00WWII literature is hard for me. It's so painfu...WWII literature is hard for me. It's so painful to read, to see the suffering that people underwent both physically and emotionally. Such valid questions the author had to ask herself, ones which would be almost easier to ignore but then there's no answers to be had in one's life.<br /><br />I'll never forget standing as a child in Anne Frank's Secret Annexe, completely confused and bewildered by what I'd learned had been done to her and her family (and all the rest of the people involved in the genocide). I think in many ways it's made me highly sensitive to the plights of others, and I think, actually, that the generations which have come after me shouldn't have been so sheltered. We need to know of such horrors so that we don't ever, ever commit them again.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-17327431497101483962012-10-13T00:15:40.825+01:002012-10-13T00:15:40.825+01:00I read about this book at A Common Reader too, and...I read about this book at A Common Reader too, and put it on my wishlist. Your review has made me abandon economising after my trip to Russia LOL, now I've bought it. <br />Cheers<br />LisaLisa Hillhttp://anzlitlovers.comnoreply@blogger.com