David Herman is the JC’s chief fiction reviewer
Short novel packed full of history, from the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union to secret agents in Israel, is full of twists and turns
To mark the centenary of her birth, a celebration of a writer whose work focused on the roles of men and women
Modern diaspora fiction is going through a period of growth and Israeli fiction is booming
Literary memoir by one of the great Anglo-Jewish writers, whose best work focused on working-class life in London
Keiron Pim's biography of one of the greatest writers of the 20th century is a dark story, movingly told
Moving story told in pictures mixing maps, drawings and moving family photographs
Fascinating chronicle of the Nazi-occupied French capital shows how the most everyday issues seem more important than the biggest historical issues of the day
Critics attacked John Boyne's 2006 novel for obscuring the historical reality of the Holocaust. Now he's back with a follow-up
A gripping chronicle of Soviet life in wartime and an indispensable companion piece to the author's other works
A dark and disgusting story of how Germans, Catholics and Americans helped countless Nazis find refuge during the Cold War, including some of the most infamous figures from the Holocaust
The latest in author's Sephardic Cycle begins begins by portraying the relationship between a Jewish-American artist and his father, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw
The final book by one of the last of that great generation of Israeli writers born in the 1930s is a wonderful farewell from a great literary master
The Sidekick has the melancholic and sour feel of Biden’s America and proves why Benjamin Markovits is one of the best American writers of his generation
David Herman pays tribute to the acclaimed author's beautifully observed tales of Israel and Israelis
A magnificent collection of the writer’s sketches gathered together for the first time
Refugee from occupied France who headed the Impressionism and modern Art department at Sotheby's
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