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Brian Murdoch
2 Reviews
(1)
YA
Translated by Brian Murdoch.
Alternating sections follow seven-year-old Malka and her doctor mother, Hannah, who become separated while fleeing the Nazis in WWII Poland. Hannah reaches sanctuary across the Hungarian border, but Malka ends up alone in the Jewish ghetto. Pressler's calm, unadorned prose makes Malka's ordeal rivetingly immediate; the images she evokes are unforgettable.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2003
(4)
YA
Translated by Brian Murdoch.
In a reimagining of "The Merchant of Venice," Pressler strives to explain why the moneylender Shylock insists upon a pound of Antonio's flesh and why Jessica betrays her father. The slow-moving but ambitious story bogs down in detail and with characters whose motivations remain murky. However, the setting--the Jewish ghetto in sixteenth-century Venice--is vividly described.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
2 reviews
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