The Flight of the Veil
A well-crafted tale about trauma and miracles. -Kirkus ReviewsNicky Covo is a Holocaust survivor. In 1990, Nicky - a Brooklyn psychiatrist - receives a letter from Abbess Fevronia, the head of a women's monastery in Greece. Although Nicky believes the rest of his family died at Auschwitz, he learns that Theodora, a mysteriously silent nun who's lived at the monastery since 1944, may be his baby sister, Kal. With his old friend and new love, Helen, Nicky returns to Greece - to harrowing memories of his fighting with the partisans and to a reunion with his beloved sister. The Flight of the Veil explores the intersections of guilt and memory, fa…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-68433-559-6
- EAN: 9781684335596
- Produktnummer: 36466594
- Verlag: Black Rose Writing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 270 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.6 cm 420 g
- Gewicht: 420
Über den Autor
Following a legal career of 40 years, Bruce J. Berger received his MFA in Creative Writing from American University in Washington, DC. His short stories - including two based upon this novel - have been published in a variety of literary magazines, including Prole, Wilderness House Literary Review, Jersey Devil, Buck Off Magazine, A-Minor Magazine, The Raven's Perch, and Scarlet Leaf. He now teaches at American University.
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