Five Bullets with Larry Duberstein
Author Larry Duberstein will read from his latest book, Five Bullets, which even Kirkus Reviews loved.
Every Jew who lived through the
Holocaust had a story worth telling, but not every Jew has been inclined to
tell that story. Such was the case with Karel Bondy, a rising young structural engineer
in Prague when the Nazis invaded his nation and began preparing the fortress town
of Terezin to “receive” his people. Married and the father of three when he was
taken there (and from there to Auschwitz), he was alone when luck allowed him
to fight back, first with the partisans and later the Russian army. And he was alone
when after the war he came to America to begin a new life as Carl Barry. What
these experiences did to a strong yet sensitive man caught in the grip of the
20th century’s greatest tragedy is at the heart of this
extraordinary novel. And because Bondy/Barry was not eager to share those
experiences, we must rely on his inquisitive American nephew Lewis to ferret
out the details for us–and upon author Larry Duberstein to weave their tales
together, in all the horror and sadness and, more unexpectedly, the beauty and
humor. Karel Bondy is an unforgettable character whose story will by turns
shock, intrigue, and amuse you. “Duberstein creates a powerful story of humanity
and inhumanity in this tale of war, survival and healing.”—Kirkus Reviews A
native of Brooklyn, Larry Duberstein now lives and works in Hancock, New
Hampshire. Free and open to all.
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