Isaac

Name: Isaac
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: Robert Karmon
ISBN: 9798823462556

Author: Robert Karmon

Narrator: Jack Estes

Unabridged: 6 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Pleasure Boat Studio

Published: 05/01/2023

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, History, Wars, World War Ii, Religion, Judaism

Synopsis

Isaac, based on a true story, follows the journey of a Polish teen-aged boy from. near-death to ultimate triumph. In parable-like prose, it captures Isaac's miraculous survival of the Nazi massacre of his family and fellow Poles and his escape into a vast, nightmarish European forest. After being saved by a gentile from near his village, Isaac joins a group of Russian partisans and becomes a demolition expert. He falls in love with a Russian partisan nurse while striving—even among the partisans—to hide his Jewish background. This is a coming-of-age story amid the horrors and passions of war that demonstrates how determination, love, and friendship can overpower the force of hatred, discrimination, and unthinkable loss.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bev on August 20, 2017

I recently saw that the publisher was looking for reviewers for this book and as I have a strong interest in World War 2 history, I requested a copy in exchange for providing an honest review. I received a PDF version of it shortly after hearing of the recent riots in Charlottesburg and after seeing......more

Goodreads review by Linda on October 10, 2017

MY REVIEW OF "ISAAC" by Robert Karmon "Isaac" by Robert Karmon is based on a true story of a young man as he grows into manhood at a terrible time in history. The genres of this story are Historical Fiction, and Fiction. This is based on the life of Isaac Gochman. The timeline of the story is from......more

Goodreads review by Beatrice on October 03, 2017

I’ve got a soft spot for Holocaust stories of survival. They remind me how horrible humans can be to one another, and how awful racism and prejudice can get when promoted. We should never let that chapter of humanity die; we should teach our children what happened and why; we should never forget, so......more

Goodreads review by Baret on November 01, 2017

This is a brave and moving piece of work. The final pages in particular brought me to tears. I think Isaac is an important novel that records Isaac's indomitable spirit. So ultimately the book is transcending and, in a sense, therapeutic because Isaac's tenacity, courage and integrity are examples t......more

Goodreads review by KJ on May 10, 2020

Read it in one sitting from 3AM-6AM , was absolutely incredible. It was emotionally draining to read it all in one sitting, but, I couldn’t put it down. Fantastic book.......more