Hilton Obenzinger: 2 books

Running Through Fire: How I Survived the Holocaust

by Zosia Goldberg, Hilton Obenzinger, Paul Auster
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013

Du solst starben zwischem goyem! ?A fellow Jew within the Warsaw Ghetto, offended by Zosia Goldberg's Polish of no Yiddish accent, spat at her in Yiddish: "May you die amongst the goyem!" Zosia took this "curse" instead as a message from God. Her dramatic tale begins with her escaping the Warsaw Ghetto...

Bigger than Ben-Hur

The Book, Its Adaptations, and Their Audiences

by Neil Sinyard, Eran Shalev, Jefferson J. A. Gatrall
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016

First published in 1880, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ became a best-seller. The popular novel spawned an 1899 stage adaptation, reaching audiences of over 10 million, and two highly successful film adaptations. For over a century, it has become a ubiquitous pop cultural presence, representing a deeply...