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Quiet Americans - Stories by Erika Dreifus

A high-ranking Nazi’s wife and a Jewish doctor in prewar Berlin. A Jewish immigrant soldier and the German POWs he is assigned to supervise. A refugee returning to Europe for the first time just as terrorists massacre Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. A son of survivors and the family secrets modern technology may reveal. These are some of the characters and conflicts that emerge in Quiet Americans, in stories that reframe familiar questions about what is right and wrong, remembered and repressed, resolved and unending. Portions of the proceeds from sales of Quiet Americans are being donated to The Blue Card, which supports survivors of Nazi persecution and their families in the United States. Quiet Americans has been named a 2012 Sophie Brody Medal Honor Title (American Library Association) and recognized as a “Notable Book” (The Jewish Journal) and “Top Book” (Shelf Unbound) for 2011.

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Thursday’s Work-in-Progress: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

05.17.2012

So, let’s start with the good news from my writing world this week: The latest installment of my “First Looks” column for Fiction Writers Review went live. Plus: I received a lovely email from a woman who had just finished reading Quiet Americans and who then posted a five-star review on Amazon. The bad: a litmag rejection that disappointed me more than I anticipated it would. The ugly: some unpleasant hijacking of my Facebook author page. Nothing I can’t handle. Just some garden-variety unpleasantness. And a reason to think more [...]

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This Week in Jerusalem: International Writers Festival

05.13.2012

For those of us who can’t be in Israel for the third International Writers Festival this week, here are a few next-best resources: Overview from Haaretz Festival website Festival Facebook page British author Tom Rob Smith, on resisting calls for him to boycott the festival.

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