Hirson Denis - My Thirty - Minute Bar Mitzvah A Memoir - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A beautifully written funny and deeply moving memoir about a son's reckoning with his father's political idealism set against the menacing backdrop of apartheid - era South Africa (Finuala Dowling author of The Man Who Loved Crocodile Tamers) A bestselling South African writer known for tackling history and memory finally makes his American debut Witty and deeply poignant My Thirty - Minute Bar Mitzvah is a breathtaking account of one man being confronted by his past and ultimately how his daughter proved to be the key in understanding his own father. Recreating 1960s Johannesburg through his adolescent eyes bestselling South African author Denis Hirson gradually reveals the details of his extraordinary 13th birthday as he explores the familial and political divisions in Apartheid South Africa that weighed on him and his developing consciousness of his Jewish heritage. My Thirty - Minute Bar Mitzvah is a gem of a book about becoming a man. It's also a valuable account of a forgotten time of white Jewish activists their families their community and most importantly their children who had to stumble through life in the aftermath of their commitment to racial justice.
Title: My Thirty - Minute Bar Mitzvah A Memoir
Author(s): Hirson Denis
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Barcode: 9781805337539
Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/9/2024
Category: Jewish Studies