THE BOOK FAIR

One simply does not read a novel by famed author, Leon Uris, but rather one becomes immersed in the story, the characters, the descriptions, and the plot.  Uris deftly builds the figures, Jewish, German and Christian who interact in amazingly realistic scenes in the WW II novel.  As Uris works a comprehensive history of the war into the plot, he simultaneously expands the characters development into seemingly, real beings, both likeable and unlikeable.

Uris describes the strangulation of Jewish movement in Poland and later, in Western Europe.  Uris realistically depicts the enclosure of the Ghetto, the Jewish Council, tasked with unthinkable responsibilities, the many different factions in the Jewish Community, and through starvation, disease and massive deportations, the inevitable weakening of the Jews.

However, even in the dreariness of the Ghetto, love and faith hold dear.  In an amazing historic battle against unbelievable odds, the outnumbered, out armed and seriously starved Ghetto Fighters fight for their families, for each other, and for those so unjustly ripped from their lives and murdered by the Germans.

A novel of excellence.  Leon Uris, one of America’s great authors of a plethora of historic novels, passed away in 2003.