I Truly Lament: Working Through the Holocaust

Freese, Mathias B

ISBN 10: 1627871616 / ISBN 13: 9781627871617

Published by Wheatmark, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I Truly Lament: Working Through the Holocaust
• Publisher: Wheatmark
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1627871616
• ISBN 13: 9781627871617
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

"Freese says that 'memory must metabolize [the Holocaust] endlessly, ' and his book certainly turns hell into harsh nourishment: keeps us alert, sharpens our nerves and outrage, forbids complacent sleep so the historical horror can't be glossed over as mere nightmare. The Holocaust wasn't a dream or even a madness. It was a lucid, non-anomalous act that is ever-present in rational Man. In the face of this fact Freese never pulls punches. Rather, his deft, brutal, and insightful words punch and punch until dreams' respite are no longer an option and insanity isn't an excuse."

--David Herrle, Author of Sharon Tate and the Daughters of Joy

"... Freese's haunting lament might best be explained (at least to me) by something Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote about Herman Melville's endless search for answers to questions that perplexed him all his adult life. Melville was incessantly obsessed with what one might call the why of it all-life, death, metaphysical mysteries. Similar to Freese, Melville was repeatedly afflicted with a dark and depressive state of mind."

--Duff Brenna, Professor Emeritus CSU San Marcos

Mathias B. Freese is a writer, teacher, and psychotherapist. His recent collection of essays, This Möbius Strip of Ifs, was the winner of the National Indie Excellence Book Award of 2012 in general nonfiction and a 2012 Global Ebook Award finalist. His I Truly Lament: Working Through the Holocaust was one of three finalists chosen in the 2012 Leapfrog Press Fiction Contest out of 424 submissions.

Review

"I Truly Lament is a remarkable collection that will leave the reader speechless."  -- Heather Osborne for Reader's Favorite

"I've said all I can say in the review, but thank you for letting me read this. I am truly blown away by your artistry, more than I can possibly convey in my short review. I hope I have done your book justice."  -- Heather Osborne for Reader's Favorite

Star Rating: 5 out of 5
"Freese does not mince words in his latest anthology, including the thought-provoking statements at the beginning of his stories. I Truly Lament is a fascinating read. But readers, beware! It is visceral from beginning to end and indubitably not for the faint of heart."--San Francisco Book Review