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“Unterstadt” is valuable, and not only because it memorably excavates a repressed episode in Croatian history. The novel also has considerable relevance, given the savagery besieging the innocent in today’s conflagrations.
The plot of The Red Balcony ticks along briskly. Jonathan Wilson is a gifted narrator and scene-maker.
A suspenseful, finely-crafted historical thriller that reminds us that the triumph of evil depends on good men doing nothing.
What holds this wildly ambitious book together and drives the narrative is Rebecca Donner’s unwavering, partisan voice.
Director Guy Ben-Aharon is on a roll. Working through Israeli Stage and German Stage, he has brought together another smart, compelling foreign play (an American premiere) and a first-rate cast.
I am one of the judges for the Best Translated Book Award (fiction division) sponsored by Three Percent. The five finalists will be announced in New York on February 16th. Three Percent honcho Chad Post needed help to meet his goal of posting a commentary on each of the 25 volumes on the BTB’s fiction…
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