The Final Opus of Leon Solomon - Softcover

Badanes, Jerome

3.92

12 ratings by Goodreads

9780671703035: The Final Opus of Leon Solomon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 067170303X ISBN 13: 9780671703035

Publisher: Fireside, 1990

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

In an autobiographical novel, Leon Solomon, a Jewish historian, plans to commit suicide after being caught stealing priceless documents on Judaica but instead writes of his life--his internment in Auschwitz, the losses he has suffered, and his loves

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From Library Journal:

Leon Solomon is about to commit suicide, but not before the reader truly knows why. In the course of his explanation we see Solomon as historian, holocaust survivor, thief (he has been caught stealing documents from the Judaica collection of the New York Public Library), lover, hero and, finally, unforgettable narrator of his own death. He relates an incestuous love for his sister in war-ravaged Poland, his internment in Auschwitz, his estrangement from his German Jewish wife and his American-born son, and his hilarious amorous adventures. In the end Solomon emerges as a comic figure with a desperate need to record and to steal the history of his people. A memorable first novel. Molly Abramowitz, Silver Spring, Md.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

A Holocaust survivor is arrested for plundering documents from the Judaica collection of the New York Public Library. PW determined that the narrator is "complicated and intriguing" and the book has some brilliant"brilliantly" below, in quote moments, "but the novel founders because anger and craziness, even with built-in historical toeholds, are not enough."
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.