{"product_id":"aarons-leap-9781934137703","title":"Aaron's Leap","description":"\"Told in clear and beautiful prose, \u003ci\u003eAaron's Leap\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply moving portrait of love, sacrifice, and the transformative power of art in a time of brutal uncertainty.\" --\u003cb\u003eSIMON VAN BOOY\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Illusion of Separateness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the real-life story of Bauhaus artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, \u003ci\u003eAaron's Leap\u003c\/i\u003e is framed by the lens of a twenty first-century Israeli film crew delving into the extraordinary life of a woman who taught art to children in the Nazi transport camp of Terez n and died in Auschwitz. Aided by the granddaughter of one of the artist's pupils, the filmmakers begin to uncover buried secrets from a time when personal and artistic decisions became matters of life-and-death. Spanning a century of Central European history, the novel evokes the founding impulses, theories, and personalities of the European Modernist movement (with characters modeled after Oskar Kokoschka, Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel) and shows what it takes to grapple with a troubled history, \"leap\" into the unknown, and dare to be oneself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMagdal na Platzov \u003c\/b\u003e was raised in Prague and has lived in Washington, DC and New York City, where she taught literature at NYU, and now lives in Lyon, France. She is the author of a children's book, two collections of short stories, and three novels, including \u003ci\u003eAaron's Leap, \u003c\/i\u003e a Lidov  Noviny Book of the Year Award finalist, hailed by the \u003ci\u003eFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e as a novel that \"must be counted among the best written by contemporary Czech writers.\" It is her first book to be published in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934137703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/09\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Magdal\u0026#233;na Platzov\u0026#225;","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574100304053,"sku":"9781934137703","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ddb1df82-fcf0-42a1-852a-f3522023e68c.jpg?v=1643689402","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/aarons-leap-9781934137703","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}