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Novel, life story
Date Published: September 18, 2019
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“A Greek Cat,” by Moshe Karasso, artfully unfurls the incredible story of the son of a once wealthy, now impoverished Jewish family living on one of the Greek Islands.
In a spectacular feat of juggling, time is diverted forwards and backwards, between childhood and old age, presenting readers with a wide spectrum of events, people, and island vistas.
Karasso offers readers a glimpse into the lives of fishermen and their families, and, later in the novel, into the everyday culture of German Nazis both inside and outside their homes. All of these are recounted in the first person by a remarkably resourceful narrator who eventually loses his sanity.
Looking at this book in the broader context of Existentialist literature, one cannot help but compare it with the works of French writer Albert Camus, whose grasp of the absurdity of existence liberates man from the hope of a perfect human morality that demands life at any cost.

Excerpt

Childhood

On the island where I was born, there was a long pier that bisected the small and enchanting port into two. On either side, the fishing boats would drop anchor in the protected harbor, its green brackish water spotted with gasoline stains. The sunbeams that struck the water fractured into a thousand hues, and the seaweed and fish carcasses that floated on the surface rocked languidly with the waves. Sometime the smell of fish was so sharp that the island’s cats would rest on their haunches like sphinxes, inhaling the scent and waiting. 

When the sun started to set and the boats were preparing for their evening fishing expeditions, the decks would light up with dozens of bright lanterns, and the hum of the motors would mingle with the fishermen’s shouted goodbyes. On stormy days, the drunken masts would sway this way and that, almost crossing each other. Sometimes a breathless boy would burst out of a side street and scan the twilight for his father’s boat. He would identify it almost immediately by its silhouette, and if the boat he was looking for was already on its way out of the harbor, he would run down the pier alongside the boat and call out to the fisherman. Then the boat would slow down and edge up to the pier, and the fisherman would scold the child for his tardiness. The sack of food would be expertly thrown from the boy’s hand towards the boat, and, after flying over the water for a second that seemed to me an eternity, land in the fisherman’s sure hands.

 

About the Author

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Born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1933. Married with three children. Lives in the Tel Aviv area of Israel.
Writes primarily essays and poems.
This is his first work of fiction.
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BOOK REVIEW- CHERRY BLOSSOM BALL BY ERIKA JAYNE

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Book Description
Publication Date: May 26, 2014
Vampyre Hunter – Dayamanti Karrieá and Half Fae – Freya Mackenzie have one thing in common – neither of them fit in the supernatural world.
As the annual Cherry Blossom Ball approaches, each of them receives an invite that fills them with dread.
All guests from the supernatural educational system, nicknamed the House of Alternatives –have been chosen by the highest power and once they accept the black and gold envelope they have no choice but to attend.
The reluctant women arrive at the ball and find it just as the imagined, until a murder is committed. Shock ripples through the ball, as Dayamanti and Freya are surprised by the Supernatural Councils apparent lack of interest in the crime, they become determined to find out who committed the murder and if will they strike again.
One thing you can be certain of – this year, it will be murder on the dance floor.

BOOK DESCRIPTION COURTESY OF AMAZON

I was given a copy of this book by the Author for an honest review.

CHERRY BLOSSOM BALL has rich world building and well-developed characters.Dayamanti does not want to go to the cherry blossom ball, and each year she hides so she will not be given an invitation to the ball. This year she is forced from hiding when she has to take an exam in one of her classes or risk failing. Once she receives the invitation she must go, and being from the Royal House she must attend all the all the functions of a Royal. When someone is murdered at the ball Dayamanti along with Freya, another girl who did not want to attend the ball, decide to investigate the murder things are not what they seem. Freya saw a glimpse of the person who committed the murder and when they research it, they find out that the murderers are supposed to not exist anymore. This book is very well-written and I loved it. I just wish that it could have been longer. I recommend this book to everyone. I give CHERRY BLOSSOM BALL 4/5 stars.

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