What kind of bar mitzvah lasts no more than thirty minutes? Which five people could have been in attendance, and where could such a ceremony - if there really was a ceremony - have taken place under these circumstances? This book has echoes of a detective trail and as Denis Hirson gradually reveals the answers, he explores the wider ancestral and political strands of his story. We are reminded of what the world might have looked like to a thirteen-year-old boy in the Johannesburg of the 1960s. This perspective is, thanks ...
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What kind of bar mitzvah lasts no more than thirty minutes? Which five people could have been in attendance, and where could such a ceremony - if there really was a ceremony - have taken place under these circumstances? This book has echoes of a detective trail and as Denis Hirson gradually reveals the answers, he explores the wider ancestral and political strands of his story. We are reminded of what the world might have looked like to a thirteen-year-old boy in the Johannesburg of the 1960s. This perspective is, thanks to his daughter, set against that same boy's adult understanding of what had happened. This is a breathtaking account of the author being confronted by his own past.
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Very Good. Size: 0x0x0; Publication of 190 pages. There is a soft cover over the wraps. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are clean and complete The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK.
