Snow in August
by Pete Hamill | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0446606251 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0446606251 Global Overview for this book
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Read it on the airplane on the way from Denver to Newark . . .
Edited November 9, 2005: The above comments were made when I didn't have time to write a journal entry about this book. Sadly, 4 months or so later, I don't remember enough about the book to write a journal entry!
I do remember that I really liked it. So much that I've been looking for other Pete Hamill books since then. In addition, I know I really liked it at the time, as I listed this book in the Book Talk Forum as one of the "best books I'd read this year" (in July).
Something else I remember is that the man sitting next to me on the plane was asking me about the book, and why I'd chosen to read that book in particular. I found myself explaining BookCrossing to him so that I could explain release challenges so I could explain why I'd come across the book and chosen to read it in the first place. I'm sure he thought I was odd, but he did tell me that Mr. Hamill had written many other books and even told me a bit about his biography or auto-biography -- I can't remember which, but that it was very interesting.
Anyway, I remember that I loved the relationship between the young boy, the "shabbes goy" who turned on the light switch for the rabbi on a snowy day when his real shabbes goy didn't show up. The continuing relationship between these two was just beautiful. A catholic boy learning Hebrew (or was it Yiddish?), and the old rabbi learning English and enjoying baseball by the radio was just charming. I remember that the rabbi called the boy "Boychik", which always warmed my heart.
Two remaining things: I didn't really get the whole magical part at the end. It didn't quite make sense, but it did make the story more fairy-tale-ish. And last, the anti-semitism and the way it was fought in this book made me cry. I loved the way the men pitched in, stoic and solemn, as if that was what they should do. Which, after all, is true.
*watch this space for more intelligent discourse*
:)
Read it on the airplane on the way from Denver to Newark . . .
Edited November 9, 2005: The above comments were made when I didn't have time to write a journal entry about this book. Sadly, 4 months or so later, I don't remember enough about the book to write a journal entry!
I do remember that I really liked it. So much that I've been looking for other Pete Hamill books since then. In addition, I know I really liked it at the time, as I listed this book in the Book Talk Forum as one of the "best books I'd read this year" (in July).
Something else I remember is that the man sitting next to me on the plane was asking me about the book, and why I'd chosen to read that book in particular. I found myself explaining BookCrossing to him so that I could explain release challenges so I could explain why I'd come across the book and chosen to read it in the first place. I'm sure he thought I was odd, but he did tell me that Mr. Hamill had written many other books and even told me a bit about his biography or auto-biography -- I can't remember which, but that it was very interesting.
Anyway, I remember that I loved the relationship between the young boy, the "shabbes goy" who turned on the light switch for the rabbi on a snowy day when his real shabbes goy didn't show up. The continuing relationship between these two was just beautiful. A catholic boy learning Hebrew (or was it Yiddish?), and the old rabbi learning English and enjoying baseball by the radio was just charming. I remember that the rabbi called the boy "Boychik", which always warmed my heart.
Two remaining things: I didn't really get the whole magical part at the end. It didn't quite make sense, but it did make the story more fairy-tale-ish. And last, the anti-semitism and the way it was fought in this book made me cry. I loved the way the men pitched in, stoic and solemn, as if that was what they should do. Which, after all, is true.
Journal Entry 3 by Antof9 at Embassy Suites Hotel in Secaucus, New Jersey USA on Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (6/22/2005 UTC) at Embassy Suites Hotel in Secaucus, New Jersey USA
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Left in the lobby of the hotel as I ran out the door on a beautiful sunny morning :)
If you are new to BookCrossing and find this book and this site; welcome! Enjoy the site, the book and hopefully the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join BookCrossing (doesn't cost anything to join!) and if you do, please consider using any previous reader of this book, or me, Antof9, as the member who referred you. If you are an old hand at BookCrossing, thanks for picking up the book! Either way, I hope you'll journal so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Thanks, and Happy Crossing!
Left in the lobby of the hotel as I ran out the door on a beautiful sunny morning :)
If you are new to BookCrossing and find this book and this site; welcome! Enjoy the site, the book and hopefully the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join BookCrossing (doesn't cost anything to join!) and if you do, please consider using any previous reader of this book, or me, Antof9, as the member who referred you. If you are an old hand at BookCrossing, thanks for picking up the book! Either way, I hope you'll journal so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Thanks, and Happy Crossing!
